Tidy Towns effort 'needs 3-year Plan'

A 3-year plan is needed to address issues in different categories to improve Kilcullen's performance in the National Tidy Towns Compeitition, writes Brian Byrne.

That was the suggestion from Noel Clare at the recent meeting of Kilcullen Community Action, where the Adjudication Report from the 2014 Competition was discussed.

"We need small groups to take an interest in each of these," he said, "such as the Sustainable Waste Management area where a lot could be done in terms of promotion, surveys, and doing a plan."

Celia Travers noted that schools in Robertstown had involved local children in artistic work on the litter bins, putting animal pictures on them. "Kids love 'feeding' the animals with litter."

Kilcullen was 16th overall in the county out of some 37 towns in its category. Although marginally increased at 284 marks out of a possible 450, it was noted that the achievable points had gone up by 50. And that a decade ago, Kilcullen had been third in its category across the county, which represented a 'dramatic slippage'.