By Ken Duffy

Failte Ireland in association with the Department of Rural and Community Development and SuperValu invited four members of Swords Tidy Towns to the presentation of the Midlands and East Regional Awards of the 2022 SuperValu Tidy Towns Competition. The presentation was held at St Lomans GAA Clubhouse, Newhaggard Rd, Trim on Wednesday June 28th from 5.45pm onwards. Mr Damien English TD and SuperValu presented the awards.

It was a great honour to be there to pick up our award, that makes five National Silver Medal in a row for the beautiful historic town of Swords. In attendance on behalf of Swords Tidy Towns were Ken Duffy Chairperson, Grace Dunne Residents Association Liaison Officer, Matt Cullen School Liaison Officer and Ramune Kuzminiene Bio Diversity Officer.

Swords Tidy Towns would like to thank Trim Tidy Towns for making us and everyone there feel so welcome, a fantastic night was had by all. We are now in the process of preparing for these years judging which takes place during the months of June and July. These two months are extremely busy for us so new volunteers are very welcome to come along and help us in our endeavours.

Swords Tidy Towns meets each Saturday morning at 10.15am in the car park of Colourtrend opposite the Garda Station and on a Wednesday night at 6.45pm in the car park of the Castle SC on Bridge St opposite the park gates. Just turn up and we will kit you out, if you have skills you think would benefit us please make contact. Our contact details are Phone Ken on 0866008313 or email us at swordstidytowns@gmail.com we look forward to hearing from you.