Revealed: Ireland’s Greenest Places 2025 long list
Nominee places range from the shadows of Croagh Patrick to a once derelict dump site in Dublin’s Liberties
Tidy Towns
Tidy Towns competition
Naas named Ireland’s Best Kept Town in all-island competition
Towns were assessed on cleanliness, presentation of roads and buildings, and local nature
Ireland’s Greenest Places: From Dún Laoghaire’s active travel to Kiltimagh’s biodiversity park - some of the entries so far
Competition an invitation to groups and communities to get recognition for their environmental endeavours
Tony O’Reilly’s lost Dublin town house has a new owner: his godson
Plus: Eoghan Harris’s presumed muse may have worked for MI5; no advantage for Paddy Cosgrave at tennis club; and Abbeyleix puts cleanliness before godliness
Ballincollig basks in the glow of TidyTowns success following committee’s ‘Trojan work’
Ireland’s tidiest town owes team ‘a huge debt’ as their ‘ongoing work is a testament to their fantastic community spirit’, say locals
TidyTowns 2024: Full list of winners as Ballincollig in Co Cork claims top prize
Westport in Co Mayo named Ireland’s tidiest large town and Ballynahown in Co Westmeath receives award for Ireland’s tidiest village
Election poster cable ties ‘a torture’ for Tidy Towns groups, Dáil hears
Heather Humphreys says competition judges advised not to let posters impact scores once time limits to remove them are adhered to
Tidy towns group challenges permission for 400 apartments near Dublin mountains
An Bord Pleanála upheld a local council’s permission for three apartment blocks in Ballyboden
TidyTowns: Abbeyleix in Co Laois announced as winners
Work of volunteers ‘nothing short of inspirational’, says Minister for Community Development Heather Humphreys
Supreme Court to hear appeal over Rathfarnham flood relief works
Case raises important issues about Habitats Directive and planning regime, court says
Tidy Towns group challenges permission for 131 homes
Approval of Dublin development breaches domestic and European law, it claims
Tidy Towns group challenges Rathfarnam flood relief works
Ballyboden residents claim approval of council project invalid on several grounds
Group seeks to overturn permission for 496 apartments in Ballyboden
Community group cites concerns over height and density of development
Calls for introduction of bottle deposit scheme increase
So far idea of deposit return scheme has met with resistance among Irish retailers and recycling industry
Grass or tarmac? The towpath debate
Hikers and nature-lovers are unhappy about hard-track plans for Irish waterways
Another Life: Leave those dandelions alone – they’re bumblebees’ breakfast
Without bees we’d lose much of the choice on our supermarket food shelves: 4,000 of Europe’s vegetable varieties exist thanks to pollination
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