TRALEE has been named Ireland’s Tidiest Large Urban Centre for the second year in a row at the annual SuperValu Tidy Towns competition awards.
Over 600 TidyTowns volunteers were present at the SuperValu TidyTowns awards ceremony at Croke Park in Dublin today. Tralee also retained its Gold Medal status for the 14th year in a row, getting 412 marks, up from 399 from last year.
Castlegregory won the Sustainable Development Goals award and Glenbeigh has been named as the winner of this year’s SuperValu Inclusive Communities Award.
Sneem Tidy Towns and Portmagee Tidy Towns have been named the regional winner and runner-up in the South West & Mid West Region of the Waters and Communities Special Award,
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In the report from the judges on Tralee they said the following; “There’s a strong sense of everything coming together in Tralee with a number of major projects underway that include the road and public realm improvements, the refurbishment of the Ashe Building, the development of the new MTU building and the regeneration of key areas of your town centre.
“Tralee continues to be high achievers in the competition and their position is well merited. It was a pleasure to visit your town and this adjudicator enjoyed the time spent observing your work programme and its results in your wonderful location.”
