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23/09/2010

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Beautiful South Dublin County Competition

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Awards Ceremony -21^st September 2010

Press Release

South Dublin County Council is delighted to announce that the fifth ‘Beautiful South Dublin County’ Competition took place in County Hall, Tallaght on Tuesday 21st September.

This competition is the highlight of the year for the Council and for the many community groups, businesses and residents associations that take part each year. It encourages participants to become more aware of and responsible for their local environment and to develop more sustainable communities. The competition gives South Dublin County Council an opportunity to publicly thank and acknowledge the great effort put in by communities in striving to improve their local areas.

Presenting the awards Mayor Eamonn Maloney congratulated all those involved for their efforts in ensuring that South Dublin County continues to be a beautiful place stating that ‘one has only to travel through the various estates and towns/ village centres to appreciate the high quality of the living environment which is an example to the next generation who will be inspired to enhance further the cleanliness and beauty of their surroundings’.

Mayor Maloney commended the high standards of all the entries saying that ‘entrants have special reason to be proud of their achievements in keeping South Dublin County clean and green, especially in these difficult economic times’.

This year a large number of entries were received for the Beautiful South Dublin County Competition, covering 16 categories representing residential, business, and community initiatives.

Beautiful South Dublin County 2010 Winners List

Category	Winner
Best Presented Housing Estate or Apartment Complex (5-50)	Brookview Apartment Complex
Best Presented Housing Estate or Apartment Complex (51-150)	Dunawley Grove
Best Presented Housing Estate or Apartment Complex (151-300)	Castle Combined Residents Association, Talllaght
Best Presented Housing Estate or Apartment Complex (301-500)	Monastery Estate
Best Presented Housing Estate or Apartment Complex (500+)	Liffey Valley Park
Most Improved Housing Estate	Kilmartin Estate
Best New Entry	St Thomas’ Community Garden
Best Presented Estate Management Area	Whitechurch Green
Most Innovative Group	CASP
Best Community Business Environmental Initiative	R & A Bailey (Diageo)
Best Presented Shop Front	The Anvil Restaurant
Best Biodiversity Initiative	Whitechurch Parish
Best Environmental Youth Initiative	St Thomas’ Community Garden
Community Environmentalist	Jo Farmer John Smith Norah Flynn
Most Improved Town/ Village	Clondalkin
Best Presented Town/ Village	Lucan

For further information contact Sorcha O’Brien, Environmental Awareness Officer at sorchaobrien@sdublincoco.ie

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Winners of the Beautiful South Dublin County Awards