Tralee Wins Bronze Medal in Tidy Towns



Tidy Tralee Week Group

 
Mayor Norma Foley and Councillors have welcomed Tralee’s improved performance in the National Tidy Towns Competition, winning a Bronze Medal in the large towns category. Tralee increased its marks by a massive 22 points to 255 which, according to the Mayor, is a tribute to the hard work of the Towards a Better Tralee (TABT) Committee, the various organisations it represents, Tidy Tralee and the council’s outdoor staff.
While the full details of the Tralee Report are awaited it is believed that the new fountain at the Ballyard roundabout, the regeneration of The Square, the placing of banners and flower baskets in The Mall, Féile na mBláth Garden Festival, and the efforts of community groups and FAS CE Scheme had contributed to the success. Cllr. Johnnie Wall, who chairs Towards a Better Tralee, said that the town was on track to compete at the highest level in competition - a goal it had set itself three years ago.
Since 2002 Tralee has increased its mark by 50 in the competition and has now passed the 250 point watershed. Earlier this year Tralee was deemed “letter free” to European norms in the National IBAL survey and entered the top ten of Irish towns in the league for the first time.

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