National Tidy Towns Award Announcements 2025 – Gold for Wexford (again!)
October 23rd 2025.
So off we went to Croke Park for our annual Pilgrimage to the National Tidy Towns awards. Excited? – Yes! Confident? – Of Course! Nervous? – Well… we take nothing for granted. We put in the hard work throughout the year, and we see the results, but the competition for awards is fierce – so ‘cautiously optimistic’ probably describes it best!
When the results were announced we breathed a collective sigh of relief, and were finally able to celebrate a 6th addition to our Gold Medal collection. Thanks, as always, to everyone – Local Authorities, Businesses, Local Artists, Schools, Community Groups and especially to that faithful band of volunteers who turn up week after week, whatever the weather, because of their love for our Town. Credit is due to all for consistently achieving this high level for 6 years in a row.
We still await the full Adjudicators report and scoring breakdown, but we do know that our overall points total of 404 was higher than last year’s 393 – we have seen an increase year-on-year for the past 10 years!
Our warmest congratulations to Ballinahown, Co. Westmeath, who won the overall Tidy Town of the Year with 413 points. We were also so delighted to see that 5 other towns from County Wexford won a Gold Award in their category – Blackwater, Enniscorthy, Gorey, New Ross and Rosslare Harbour. Well done, and well deserved to all!
The gold medal capped off a great week for our Chairperson Phil Murphy, who, on Saturday 17th October, at a function in the Talbot Hotel for the 2026 County Wexford Volunteer Awards, was awarded the 2026 Overall Volunteer of the Year honour! Congratulations Phil, a deserved tribute for hard work and leadership over many years!
Wexford Tidy Towns