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Gold Medal – National Tidy Towns Awards 2022

Posted on December 17, 2022 by Wexford Tidy Towns

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October 2022.

We are thrilled, and very proud to be awarded the Gold Medal in the 2022 Supervalu National Tidy Towns Competition!!!!

We want to offer our sincere thanks and congratulations to the tireless volunteers who gave us their time, hard work and much-valued company, in all weathers all through the year to bring us to this level, in what has become fiercely competitive arena. Whether you are a stalwart turning up for each event, join our group whenever possible, or maintain your own neighbourhood, this award is for you.

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We would like to sincerely thank Staff and Councillors from Wexford Local Authorities, who have consistently lent their support, providing funding and manpower to effect improvements to our town, always taking on board projects promoted by our group, and suggestions from NTT adjudicators. A number of our Councillors regularly give their time to help out at our cleanups and other projects.

Thanks also to the local businesses who have helped by keeping their own premises invitingly clean, and especially to those who annually subscribe to our Summer Wexford in Bloom flowering project, and of course to those who have kindly provided refreshments to our volunteers at the end of the hard hours of work making our town sparkle.

Not forgetting the many Housing Estates and Community Groups who regularly organize their own cleanups and plantings and keep their areas in top condition. We provide assistance for these teams with litter-pickers, bags, gloves and organize collection of the rubbish.

This win follows on from winning our first Gold Medal in the competition in 2021, having won Bronze Medals in 2013-2016 and Silver Medals in 2017, 2018, and 2019 ( No competition was held in 2020 ). We will be working all out to retain this coveted status in 2023!

Philomena Murphy,

Chairperson, Wexford Tidy Towns

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Civic Reception & Mayoral Award for Wexford Tidy Towns Volunteers

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Wexford Tidy Towns

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Mayor Garry Laffan with Wexford Tidy Towns chairperson Philomena Murphy at Civic Reception for Wexford Tidy Towns.

Wexford’s Mayor, Garry Laffan hosted a Civic Reception on June 20th 2022 to congratulate Wexford Tidy Towns on the award of the Gold Medal in the National Tidy Towns competition 2021, and acknowledge the efforts of volunteers whose tireless work over the years led to this notable achievement. The Civic Reception was attended by Mayor Laffan, Councillors, Tidy Towns chairperson Philomena Murphy, and Tidy Towns volunteers.

Wexford Mayor presents award to Tidy Towns chair Philomena Murphy at the Civic Reception on June 20 2022

Wexford Mayor presents award to Tidy Towns chairperson Philomena Murphy at the Civic Reception on June 20 2022

Mayor Garry Laffan, Ann McCann (Wexford in Bloom), Philomena Murphy (Chair, Wexford Tidy Towns) and Mary Bowie (Secretary, Wexford Tidy Towns) at Civic Reception for Wexford Tidy Towns / Wexford in Bloom.

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Wexford win Gold Medal in National Tidytowns Competition 2021

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Wexford Tidy Towns

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We are over the moon to announce that Wexford Tidy Towns has won a Gold Medal in the 2021 SuperValu National Tidytowns Competition!!!!

Thank you and congratulations to all of the volunteers who gave their time, ideas and friendship to our group, and who turned out in all kinds of weathers throughout the year to attain this fantastic achievement.

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Thanks also to Wexford Local Authorities, Staff and Councillors, who have been a huge support over the years, facilitated all of our projects, and funded and carried out improvements to our town’s environment based on requests from our group and recommendations from the Annual Adjudicator’s reports. Some councillors are regular attendees at our cleanup and other projects.

A big thanks to the many Wexford Businesses who have helped by keeping their own premises clean and bright, to those who have participated in our annual Summer Wexford in Bloom project, and others who have kindly provided tea/coffee and refreshment to our volunteers at the end of the hard hours of work making our town sparkle.

This is the first time Wexford have won Gold in the competition, having won Bronze Medals in 2013-2016 and Silver Medals in 2017, 2018, and 2019 ( No competition was held in 2020 ). Now we begin the push for Gold#2 in 2022!!

Philomena Murphy,

Chairperson, Wexford Tidy Towns

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Using Street Art to brighten our town with iconic Wexford images

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Wexford Tidy Towns

On Monday 20th September, the final touches have been put to a wonderful town art project. In June, we commissioned artist David Mahon to transform the archway leading into McCauley’s carpark from Dunne’s stores. Featuring iconic images of Wexford, including Wexford Bridge, Hook Lighthouse, and Kilmore, it has surprised and delighted the hundreds of people who use this carpark entrance every day.

Mural of Wexford iconic sites at entrance to McCauley’s car park Wexford

Click on the link below to see the work in progress! ( opens in new window )

Wexford Street Art – Work in Progress

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Wexford in Bloom 2021

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Wexford Tidy Towns

The flowering of the town, both in communal areas and for local businesses committed to flowering their own premises, requires planning by our team from early April, with the ordering of the window boxes, the selection of flowers and plants, and the expertise of the nursery in tending to them to produce an explosion of colour at just the right time to provide the uplifting and dazzling colour transformation of the town in early June.

Unfortunately, in 2020, the Covid situation meant that, for the first time in 10 years, we were unable to carry out this beautiful transformation. For 2021, however, we made the decision to put the machinery in motion, and all of the flower displays are being implemented on June 1st. Our planting collaboration with the nursery will ensure that there will be a rainbow of colours in the town all the way to September!

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Community Projects

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Wexford Tidy Towns

We wanted to reach out to the community, and particularly youth, who were so negatively impacted by the pandemic. Working with the schools, we were able to help teachers and students to choose and implement projects, again with Tidy Towns providing advice, equipment and practical facilities. In the past few weeks we worked with a group of students from Selskar College on their Project where they made 2 wooden wheelbarrow planters constructed in Mr. Ryans class.

Selskar College Wheelbarrow Planters

In a recent collaberation with IT Carlow, Wexford Campus, we provided advice and assistance to student Ilaria Berardi for her concept of an “Earth Bin” Installation. Her innovative creation was displayed on Wexford Quays to enormous interest, and within 2 hours, the “Earth Bin” had been filled with rubbish by passers-by.

Earth Bin – a concept by Ilaria Berardi

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Wexford Tidy Towns – January 2018 to date

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Wexford Tidy Towns

Check out the posts on Wexford Tidy Towns Facebook Page to keep up with all the good things we’ve been getting up to!

June 2019

– 25th June. We were at Farmleigh House today, as we were shortlisted for the Ireland’s Best Kept Town Awards – an all-island competition which sees the best towns in the TidyTowns competition compete against their counterparts in Northern Ireland’s Best Kept competition. We were delighted to finish runner-up in the Best Kept Large Urban Centre category. Congratulations to Bangor, County Down who pipped us to first place in the category, to Bantry Co. Cork who won the overall award, as well as the Best Kept Small Town category, and to all the other category winners and runners-up.

– 10th June. Thanks so much to the ten volunteers who did a great job on a Monday evening, weeding, planting and cleaning in 1798 Street and environs.

– 8th June. Grasscutting and clean-up at the Angel Garden, Ferrybank, before the “Life after Loss” Vigil.

May 2019

– Flowering the town with Wexford In Bloom :

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