Annual Report 2011.pdf (size 6 MB) - Offaly County Council

Highlights of 2011:
Allocation of €20,000 to local projects under the
Community Grants Scheme
Summer arts programme in Kilbrook and Puttaghaun
housing estates
Maintaining the town’s ‘Clean to European Norms’
status in the IBAL Litter League
Shortlisting of town to final three in ‘large town’
category of’ Ireland’s best kept town competition’
Winning a bronze medal in the annual Tidy Towns
Competition
Maintaining street cleaning services and opening of
Town Park 364 days during the year
Intensification of efforts to tackle litter offenders and
derelict sties
Handover of the Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre to
William Grant & Sons Distillers to carry out a major
refurbishment and investment programme
Appointment of project team for the design of
Tullamore Arts Centre
Progression of the Canal Corridor project to tender
stage
Preliminary work a possible boundary extension for the
town commenced
Pictured at the awards ceremony for the ‘Ireland’s Best Kept Towns
Competition’ in Farmleigh House were from left to right :-
Mr. Graham Seymour, Director of Natural Heritage at the Northern Ireland
Environmental Agency, Cllr. Tommy McKeigue, Chairperson, Tullamore Tidy
Towns Committee, Roseanne Carroll, Tullamore Tidy Towns Committee,
Minister Fergus O’Dowd, T.D., Minister for State at the Department of the
Environment, Community & Local Government, Sr. Xavier, Tullamore Tidy
Towns Committee, Ms. Doreen Muskett, MBA, President of the Northern
Ireland Amenity Council (NIAC), Ms. Ruth McNally, Town Clerk, Tullamore
Town Council
Offaly Local Authorities Annual Report 2011
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