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EXCELLENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AWARDS 2009
THE JUDGING PANEL
JOE ALLEN, Principal Officer,
Department of Environment, Heritage
and Local Government
JOHN CULLEN, Former Director
General, Institute of Public Administration
HILARY HAYDON, Hilary Haydon &
Company, and Chair of Chambers
Ireland’s Ratepayers and Local
Government Policy Council
RHYS ILEY, Director, Boots Retail
(Ireland) Limited
SEÁN MURPHY, Deputy Chief
Executive, Chambers Ireland
TONY O’BRIEN, Director & Head of
Business Consulting, Grant Thornton
AODH QUINLIVAN, Department of
Government, UCC
Minister John Gormley, TD, adresses the crowd at the Excellence in Local Government Awards.
congratulate the County Manager, Joe Horan Youghal’s heritage and in the town as a tourist that is on the Local Government Fund and Non-
and the staff of the Council on their excellent destination going forward. The focus was on National Road Grant Fund, and we expect that
work. This award is recognition of the innovative turning Youghal into a heritage town; one of the the Government can give Councils the potential
and ground breaking work that takes place in main projects being a heritage-led regeneration to secure their own future through broader-
this Council.” strategy, which was so successful it has become a based local funding arrangements. This, together
blueprint for other towns,” she commented. with an ongoing push to reduce costs, share
In addition to the overall award, South Dublin “What is really important is that they were locally- services and consolidate, will enable Councils to
County Council won joint first in the Sports & based ideas, we were not looking at national deliver excellent services at a lower cost to
Recreation category for Tallaght Stadium and improvement; the work was done from the all stakeholders.”
Allotments, and the Customer Care category for ground. Our town clerk, Liam Ryan is the one
the self-service Digital Area at the county library. who deserves the majority of the credit. He drove The event had excellent support again this year
the initiative and should get the praise for it.” from AIB, An Post, CBRE, ESB Networks,
The inaugural Town/Borough Council of the Year Hibernian Aviva Health, Vodafone and Zurich.
was given to Youghal Town Council. Aileen Chambers Ireland Chief Executive Ian Talbot Awards were also sponsored by Boots and
Ahearne accepted the award on the night. “It was praised the awards and participants. “As one of Energia and each winner was presented with a
really unexpected but we were delighted. It is the main partners involved in Local Authorities specially commissioned trophy designed by
national recognition for Youghal Town Council’s around the country, the Chamber network Mullingar Crystal. For more information on the
innovative approach to improving the local greatly values the work that Council’s undertake Excellence in Local Government Awards, log on
economy. The project was all about investing in on behalf of us all. We recognise the pressure to
www.chambers.ie.
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