Golden moment for Ballinahown group at Tidy Towns awards event
A number of local groups received gold medals at the 2024 SuperValu TidyTowns awards for the Midlands and East region.
The presentation ceremony took place on Monday, March 10, in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel in Athlone.
Ballinahown, the deserving winner in this region was presented with their awards by Minister of State Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran and Yvonne O’Brien, Community & Sponsorship Assistant Brand Manager with SuperValu, who are this year celebrating their 34th year of partnership and sponsorship of the competition. Ballinahown also won the title of Ireland’s Tidiest Village 2024.
Offaly Gold Medal winners included Birr Tidy Towns, Geashill Tidy Towns, and Tullamore Tidy Towns.
Clonbullogue Tidy Towns was a Bronze Medal winner, whilst Kilcormac Tidy Towns received the Endeavor Award.
Interest in the SuperValu TidyTowns competition has increased year on year with over 900 entries received for the competition in 2024.
The competition has been running since 1958 and is administered by the Department of Rural and Community Development. The competition has been sponsored by SuperValu since 1991.