Louth County Council’s Louth in Bloom Awards were held in Bellingham Castle where we won
the Best Litter Management Category in the new Sli Glas an Lu competition. Huge thanks to our diligent litter patrollers without whose support we dread to think what the cleanliness rating of our community would be! Have you noticed the new signs highlighting our success in this category as well as well as the Sustainable Energy and Biodiversity categories?
Dromiskin Tidy Towns were delighted to be nominated to represent Louth in the annual Pride of Place competition. Three representatives from Dromiskin attended the 2025 awards ceremony in the Strand Hotel, Limerick, on Friday 7 November in an event hosted by Limerick County Council. Master of ceremonies was media personality Dermot Whelan with Limerick Mayor, John Moran, and Pride of a place founder, Tom Dowling, among those in attendance.
Also nominated from Louth was the Boyne Camino group and both nominees were
accompanied by members of Louth County Council - Chief Executive, David Conway, Joanna
Kelly head of services and Finbar Gethins Senior Executive Officer. Sean Kelly, Chairperson
Dundalk Municipal District also attended. Communities from all over the 32 counties were present at an impressive prize giving ceremony. Dromiskin was thrilled to be runner-up in the 1000-2000 population category, pipped by Piltown, Co Kilkenny. The Boyne Camino were also runner-up in the tourism category making it a great night’s work for the Wee county.
Many thanks to all the local groups and organisations who worked together to represent our
community on the national stage. Our appreciation too goes to Louth County Council who
provided assistance throughout the project.
The Green Flag Award scheme aims to encourage the provision of good quality public
parks and green spaces that are managed in environmentally sustainable ways.
The scheme is a non-profit international accreditation program that recognises and
rewards well-managed parks and green spaces. It is managed by the UK environmental
charity Keep Britain Tidy, under license from the UK Government and delivered in
partnership through a network of national operators around the world. In Ireland, An
Taisce is the national operator, and has delivered the Green Flag Award since
2016.
The international Green Flag Award was awarded to 128 Irish Parks, Gardens,
Greenways and Wildlife Sanctuaries, around the country, on Wednesday the 12th
of November 2025, an increase of 8 awards since last year. The awards ceremony
took place at Maynooth University Campus in County Kildare.
Two members of Dromiskin Tidy Towns attended the ceremony and were
delighted when we retained our two Green Flags - one for the Heritage Park and
the other for Ginnety’s Pond Nature Park. We remain the only local community in
the country with two flags.
Click HERE to a access Heritage Park report
Click HERE to access Ginnerty’s Pond Nature Park report
