Bronze Medal Award Presented

Minister of State at the DoEHLG, Mr. Batt O’Keeffe, T.D., presents the National Tidy Towns Bronze Medal citation to Mrs. Mary O’Brien, Towards a Better Tralee Committee. Photo shows (l to r): Tomás Garvey, MD Garveys SuperValu, Minister Batt O’Keeffe, Martin Kelleher, Sales Director, SuperValu (Sponsors), Mary O’Brien, John Griffin and Brendan Murphy, representing the Towards a Better Tralee Committee.
 

Tralee was among the Tidy Towns winners presented with their awards at a special function hosted by Fáilte Ireland at the Killarney Plaza Hotel on Friday, November 24th last. The presentations were made by Mr. Batt O’Keeffe, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government who praised the recipients for their civic spirit, leadership and dedication. The Minister encouraged local authorities, business and community groups to come together to devise a co-ordinated strategy to improve their local areas. This formula has worked well in Tralee with the town making dramatic progress up the Tidy Towns table in recent years. The Tralee Award – a bronze medal in National Large Towns Category – was accepted by Mary O’Brien on behalf of the Towards a Better Tralee Committee. Mary was accompanied by Tralee Town Council’s John Griffin and Litter Warden Brendan Murphy.