Huge congratulations to Birdhill who won Ireland's Tidiest Village Award, which was an incredible achievement.  Congratulations to Gold Medal winners: Terryglass, Birdhill, Clonmel, Killsheelan and  Emly; Silvermines who won a Silver Medal, Nenagh and Roscrea who won Bronze medals. Congruatlations to Emly who also won the Clean Air Award, and to Tommy Lonergan from Kilsheelan who won the overall Community Heroes Award

I am delighted to see so many Tipperary towns, villages and personalities receiving awards today.These awards are an acknowledgement to all the volunteers for their hard work and commitment in keeping their communities clean. Everyone should have pride in where they come from and the Tidy Towns demonstrates that this is the case. The results across Tipperary were very impressive.