Thank You To All Local & European Candidates
Swinford Tidy Towns committee have asked all the candidates in the upcoming local and European elections not to put up posters within the town boundary. The committee would like to thank all the candidates who have complied with our request. We would also like to wish...
Annual National Spring Clean
Swinford Tidy Towns took part in the Annual National Spring Clean 2014 again this year. As usual we held our Spring clean on Good Friday, as we have done in previous years. In the photo above are some of the 22 Volunteers that helped out on the day. We were also...
Easter Egg Hunt In Brabazon Woods
The annual Easter Egg hunt in Brabazon woods took place today. This is now the 4th year of the Easter Egg hunt, and has been the largest to date! Over 140 kids took part today, along with some big kids!  Special thanks to our very generous sponsors as ever every year,...
National Spring Clean On Good Friday
2014 National Spring Clean Swinford Tidy Towns will be again taking part in this years An Taisce National Spring Clean. Swinford Tidy Towns along with 24th Mayo Swinford Scouts take part in the Spring Clean annually on Good Friday. We will be joined this year with...
Wednesday Evening Clean Ups Have Now Resumed
With the time now changed to summertime and the long evenings back, Wednesday evening clean ups have now resumed. Our first evening out we tackled the Kiltimagh road, from the Park road junction all the way out to the bypass. Over 2 miles covered and 10 bags of...
Information Talk On Composting And Food Waste Prevention
An Information talk on composting and food waste prevention will take place on Tuesday 1st of April at 8pm in the Gateway Hotel Swinford. Talk will be given by Sharon Cameron, Environment Awareness Officer with Mayo County Council. If you are thinking about starting...
One Million Trees In One Day
The One Million Trees In One Day project is now back on track again. Three of the main sponsors pulled out of the project at the last-minute, early last year which put the whole project in jeopardy. Thankfully the team stuck with it and secured more funding and got...
Swinford Area Action Plan 2013 – 2018
Launch of the Swinford Area Action Plan 2013 - 2018. Mayo Community Futures Plan was officially launched in the Gateway Hotel Swinford on Thursday 20th February 2014. The plan summarises the main facts and figures from the Community Views Survey. In performing the...
WEEE Recycling In Mayo
WEEE recycling in Mayo will take place at various collection points from the 4th to the 20th of March. You can recycle anything electrical for free. WEEE recycling will be in Foxford the 6th of March from 10am to 1pm in the sports centre car park. On Tuesday 11th...
Tidy Towns Competition Revamped for 2014
The national tidy towns competition has been revamped for 2014. There has been some major changes in this years competition, the most notable is the reduction in the numbers of categories, from 10 down to 8. The other major change is the increase in the total points,...
Christmas Tree Recycling
Now that the Christmas festivities are over and some of your new year resolutions broken, why not make a new resolution and recycle more? There are numerous Christmas tree recycling depots around County Mayo where you can drop off your Christmas for free for...
Tidy Towns A.G.M.
Reminder that Swinford Tidy Towns will be holding our Annual General Meeting next Tuesday evening at 8pm in the Gateway Hotel Swinford. Everyone is invited to attend. Weekly clean ups continue every saturday morning. Meet at the "No Name Club" on Chapel street at 11...
Happy Christmas
Swinford Tidy Towns wish all our Committee and Volunteers a very happy Christmas and a happy New Year. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Tidy Towns throughout 2012, and to anyone that helped in any way. We would especially like to thank the many volunteers...
New Flower Beds In Full Bloom
This time last year, Swinford Tidy Towns installed new flower beds at all the entrance signs to Swinford town along the by-pass. The beds were planted with daffodil bulbs along the outer edges to give lots of colour in early spring. We also planted perennial plants...
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