Well Deserved Success for Tidy Towns in Fingal


Eleven Fingal towns entered the 2012 Tidy Towns Competition with every one showing a tremendous effort and succeeding in increasing their points since last year.


Tireless community volunteers in Ballyboughal, Balscadden, Rusheeny, Sutton, Skerries, Lusk, Howth, Rush, Balbriggan, Malahide and Swords were delighted with the results announced at a recent national awards ceremony. The town of Skerries won the Dublin Regional Award for the 8th year running and Skerries and Malahide were both Gold Medal Winners.


Revving Up to Tackle Gum Litter


Fingal County Council is ramping up activity with “Bin it your way” the national Gum Litter Taskforce awareness campaign which aims to reduce the amount of gum litter nationally.


The Council’s Environmental Awareness Team and Litter Wardens recently handed out gum wraps to visitors to the Pavilions Shopping Centre, Swords, along with Mayor of Fingal Cllr. Cian O’Callaghan and volunteers from Swords Tidy Towns committee. On the same day, the Gum Litter Taskforce invited two Ecocabs to Swords to hand out gum wraps to passengers and passers-by, reminding them to “Bin their gum” responsibly in order to step away from a ¤150 litter fine.


Fingal County Awards went to Skerries (Winners), Malahide (Highly Commended), Lusk (Commended) and Balbiggan (Endeavour Award). The SuperValu Tidy Town Hero Award went to John Flynn, Lusk Tidy Towns and the Best Bring Bank Award went to St. Fintans Cemetary Sutton.


For further information on Tidy Towns in Fingal, email bronagh.corry@fingalcoco.ie


For more information, log on to www.gumlittertaskforce.ie or contact the Environmental Awareness Team on 01 890 6236.


Half Price Compost Bins at Estuary Recycling Centre


Fingal County Council is now offering home compost bins for sale at half price at Estuary Recycling Centre Swords.


Free standing compost bins are available for only ¤16 and Compost Tumblers are available for only ¤32. 2 kitchen caddies are available for the price of 1, at only ¤8. A free copy of “A Guide to Home Composting” comes with each bin purchased. Payment can be made with Debit or Credit Cards only as cash or bin tags are not accepted.


Composting organic waste like teabags, fruit and vegetable peelings and garden clippings can reduce household waste by one third. Compost is useful as a mulch around plants, as a top dressing over lawns or as a soil improver in vegetable and flower beds.


FixYourStreet Now Available in Fingal


FixYourStreet is an online service for reporting issues to Local Authorities and is now available for people living in Fingal.


The types of problems that can be reported are Graffiti, Road or Path Defects; Street Lighting; Leaks & Drainage; Litter and Illegal Dumping and Tree and Grass Maintenance. Reports are logged and followed up by the relevant Council department and replies posted online as soon as an update is available.


Reporting a problem is simple – just log on to www.fixyourstreet.ie, select Submit a Report and enter the details of the problem you want to report. You can also pinpoint the location of the issue on a map and add a photo if you have one. FixYourStreet is also available as an Android App via the Google Play Store.


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