Blackrock has been awarded a gold medal, as well as a Department of the Environment Special Award for Blackrock Park , in the 2017 National Tidy Towns competition. The awards were announced at a ceremony in The Helix in Dublin on Monday the 25th of September. The village increased its points by 8 to 325, and remains the second highest scorer in the county behind Tallanstown. It is now in the top three per cent of the 870 towns and villages in Ireland who entered the competition.
John Horan of Blackrock Tidy Towns congratulates everyone in the village who contributed towards this outstanding result, including our hard-working committee members, litter patrollers and other volunteers, the Community Employment Scheme under supervisor Pat Rafferty, Tús scheme workers in the park, the Probation Service, the Park Committee and Park Volunteers, residents associations in the various housing estates, private residents, Blackrock businesses, Louth County Council councillors, management and staff, and all sponsors including Haggardstown Garden Centre, Tiernan’s Centra, Rock Cabs and Mace.
“It is a huge achievement for Blackrock to be awarded a gold medal again this year, and every single person in the village can feel justifiably proud” said John. “We are very fortunate indeed to have such co-operation from the residents, businesses and all organisations in Blackrock because this could not have been achieved through the efforts of Tidy Towns alone. I want to reiterate the absolutely critical role our most dedicated CE Scheme played in all this, and would also like to congratulate our colleagues in all the other towns and villages in the county on their achievements in the competition.” he added.
You can read the full adjudication report here: Tidy Town Adjudication Report 2017 – Blackrock