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Athlone has been declared ‘clean to European norms’ in the latest Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) Litter League, announced on Monday.

The annual general meeting of the Galway Tidy Towns takes place on Wednesday January 25 at 7pm in The Meyrick Hotel in Eyre Square.

Three young men have been given a chance to avoid criminal records for drug possession by contributing to Judge Hughes’ local project.

Minister for State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring has congratulated Pamela Flanagan, chairperson of the Westport Tidy Towns Committee, and the committee itself, on the wonderful results for Westport in the Tidy Towns competition 2011. Westport just lost out to Killarney on being overall winner by one point.

Mullingar Tidy Town Committee submitted the town’s application for the national Tidy Towns competition this week. Pictured are Michael Donnellan, Marguerite Buckley and Brian Reidy (all Mullingar Tidy Towns committee) finalising the application form.

Galway City Tidy Towns is looking for photos of Galway city – good and bad – for use in its Tidy Towns campaign launch.

Fine Gael town councillor Alan Shaw has welcomed the latest IBAL (Irish Business Against Litter) report which highlights the continued need for targeted investment in litter control measures all year around.

“Positive in words but not in marks” was how town clerk John Walsh described this year’s Athlone Tidy Towns adjudication report, which saw the town gain just one point over the previous year’s score, despite a more encouraging report.

Nowhere is out of bounds for illegal dumping it transpired this week after a pedestrian alleyway in Castlebar was noted as a new location preferred by those off-loading rubbish.

The new Tesco Kinnegad store was officially opened on Monday this week, creating 80 jobs and bringing a great new shopping experience to consumers in the locality.