Navan tops Tidy Towns funding with €4,000 allocation
Funding to the tune of €67,000 has been allocated to support local Tidy Towns groups in Meath.
It is part of a €1.5 million injection into local Tidy Towns groups nationwide ahead of preparations for the 2024 SuperValu competition with eligible groups being urged to ensure they avail of the funding.
Navan received the highest figure with €4,000 allocated to the town. Other areas received between 1,000 and €3,000 respectively.
This allocation will provide top-up funding of between €1,000 and €4,000 for eligible Tidy Towns groups across the country. All of the SuperValu Tidy Towns Groups who entered the competition in any of 2021, 2022 and 2023 will be eligible to apply.
This year marked the 65th anniversary of the SuperValu Tidy Towns competition, with over 880 towns and villages entering the competition in 2023.
Announcing the funding, Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD said:
“The SuperValu Tidy Towns Competition is all about community, innovation, and sustainability, and I’m delighted to be able to support this important work with this direct funding.
“I applaud the impactful work that our Tidy Towns groups across the country do in making our towns and villages better places in which to work, live and raise a family.”
All eligible groups will be contacted before Christmas to confirm their funding. All projects and initiatives funded under this support must be completed by July 31st, 2024.
At the national awards ceremony held earlier in October, Minister Humphreys declared Abbeyleix in County Laois as Ireland’s Tidiest Town for 2023.
Looking ahead to next year, the Minister said: “Everything you do locally benefits us all. I encourage younger people and our new communities in particular to get involved in 2024, to further enrich this wonderful competition.”
Batterstown €1,000 Castletown Kilpatrick €1,000 Dunsany €1,000 Oldbridge €1,000 Clonalvy €1,000 Donore €1,000 Drumconrath €1,000 Gormanston €1,000 Julianstown €1,000 Kilberry €1,000 Kilbride €1,000 Killyon €1,000 Kilmessan €1,000 Mosney €1,000 Moynalty €1,000 Old Johnstown Village €1,000 Summerhill €1,000 Carlanstown €1,000 Kildalkey €1,000 Ardcath €2,000 Athboy €2,000 Ballivor €2,000 Bettystown €2,000 Longwood €2,000 Oldcastle €2,000 Slane €2,000 Duleek €2,000 Enfield €2,000 Stamullen €2,000 Dunboyne €3,000 Dunshaughlin €3,000 Kells €3,000 Laytown €3,000 Ratoath €3,000 Johnstown €3,000 Trim €3,000 Ashbourne €3,000 Navan €4,000