Murals brighten up Trims's streetscape ahead of Tidy Towns competition

Trim Tidy Town's all-out effort this summer to win big in the National Tidy Towns Competition has seen a number of striking murals springing up around the town. One of the most colourful is a depiction of Gulliver at the old mart, which has become quite a tourist attraction. The mural, which is over 30ft long, has been attracting a lot of attention and tourists can be seen taking photographs there on a regular basis. The painting of Gulliver and and other murals at Spicer's wall on Watergate Street and underneath the bridge at the Maudlins roundabout are the work of professional artist Meaghan Quinn. The mural at Spicers is a recreation of a 1910 photograph taken in the area. She has also refreshed a number of other murals around the town. Also part of the Tidy Towns effort is the recreation of an award-winning garden at the Haggard Street car park. John and Eileen Eivers, who won a bronze medal at Bloom, have reproduced their winning garden in the car park. Trim TT chairman, Brian Heffernan, said that Trim was making an all-out effort for this year's competition. "We will be happy with a silver and delighted with a gold (medal)," he said. Mr Heffernan accepted that Moynalty looked on course to win in Meath again, but Trim had been doing extremely well over the past few years, he maintained. The town was a bronze medal winner for the past three years and second to Moynalty in the county competition for the last three years. He pointed out that Tidy Towns Committee members are out every night, painting, weeding, edging, strimming and litter-picking, and the town was looking very well as a result.