Speaking after the announcement of the 2009 Tidy Town Results, cllr Richard Daly said that great credit was due to Athy for having increased their result by 9 points on last year.
“I am personally pleased that my native hometown of Emly in Co. Tipperary is the overall winner of this year’s competition but particularly want to congratulate Athy for a marked improvement in its’ overall result. In 2008 Athy achieved a score of 253 and this year the total has gone up a remarkable 9 points to 262.
I particularly want to thank the Athy Tidy Towns Committee, the local Authorities of Athy Town Council and Kildare County Council, Athy Chamber of Commerce, ShopAthy and the many organisations, local resident groups and individuals whose work have improved the appearance of Athy.
Athy is a good place to live and is having a very successful year with several festivals and occasions from the County Show, the Bluegrass Festival, The TriAthy, The Shackleton Weekend, the National Ploughing Championship and much more.
We have seen new Youth Café, Swimming Pool, new Athy College and school buildings and the Methodist Arts Centre all open this year.
Recent successes of Eric Dovovan captaining the Irish Squad to the World Amateur Boxing Championships and Charmaine Kenny becoming this year’s Rose of Tralee ( with Romy Farrelly a very credible contestant) have made Athy known throughout and beyond this country.”
I don’t want to be accused of borrowing someone else’s phrase but we have a lot done and more to do.
“However Athy can be justifiably proud of all of its successes and well done to all” he concluded
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment