Index:-
· Preamble.
· Map 2.20a Killenard.Click here to view local map

Please contact Stephen @ info@killenard.com



Overall Aims of the Tidy Town Committees

* Improve the quality of life for residents and visitors to the area.
* Involve all of the community in the overall development and enhancement of the area.
* Improve the position of the area in the national and local competitions.
* Maintain the heritage and character of the area.
* Develop the area for future generations.
* Carry out carefully planned landscaping and maintain existing areas.


How to become a Volunteer

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer in your local community you should contact a member or check the local newspapers / newsletter to find out what is happening in your area. If you do not have contact details for your local group please contact Siobhan Donoher who will assist you in this regard.

Working together for a brighter future

Laois County Council is actively working with the Tidy Towns Committees to help invest in their future and ensure continued growth and development.

Assistance is given to the groups in the form of the Tidy Towns Grants, Summer Wheelie Bin Scheme, participation in Clean Up Laois Week, the Laois Federation of Tidy Towns Competition and Awards. The Environment Section also offers assistance in the form of advice or referral to the most appropriate source of information. Workshops are also held and available in relation to composting and waste minimisation and on under topics through LA21 Projects and by booking free workshops through Ann-Marie Kelly, Environment Awareness Officer. Information on these workshops is available from Community Waste Workshops .



Further information may be obtained from:

Tidy Towns – www.tidytowns.ieTidy towns Link

An Taisce’s National Spring Clean – www.nationalspringclean.org . During this national programme, Laois County Council simultaneously hosts Clean Up Laois Week in April – one of the Council’s largest Anti Litter campaigns. The Council supports registered groups by providing resources and/or collections. Details are advertised on our web site and in local newspapers closer to the time.

For information on our nearest Tidy Towns Group contact:

Siobhan Donoher

Tel: 057 86 74330

Email: sdonoher@laoiscoco.ie

Clean Up Laois Week 2010

Clean Up Laois Week 2010, in association with An Taisce’s National Spring Clean, will commence from Monday 12th to Friday 16th April 2010.

Litter-pickers, bags and gloves will be provided to registered groups, schools and individuals who will be taking part in clean-ups in their own localities. In addition the Environmental Enforcement Officers will work with the community and collect the resulting bags of rubbish.

20.59 tonnes of rubbish was collected in 2009

Laois County Council is committed to making Laois a cleaner, greener County and will continue to promote and fund this very worthwhile initiative.

Please get involved in "turning spoil into sparkle" in 2010 and make your area a better place to live and grow.

Any person / group wishing to participate should register on or before the 7th April 2010.