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The Mayor of Castlebar has rejected survey results released this week which named the county town as one of the most littered spots in Ireland.

A Mullingar Area councillor has launched a scathing attack on developers whom he believes are speculating on the value of their derelict sites rather than selling them for the benefit of the community.

Mullingar Tidy Towns committee is holding its first public clean-up morning of the summer on Saturday. Members of the public are asked to gather at the Market Square tomorrow morning, May 18, at 10am.

Pat Nolan, senior national Tidy Town adjudicator, hosted six information evenings in Westmeath recently. The evenings were held in Glasson, Athlone, Ballynacarrgy, Kilbeggan, Kinnegad, and Mullingar and members of the public and members of local Tidy Town groups and residents associations were invited to attend.

Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane sought the support of her fellow councillors at this week's council meeting when she called for a public awareness campaign to tackle dog fouling in public places in Castlebar.

Local volunteerism was commended at the annual West Region Tidy Town Competition awards ceremony which took place in the Wyatt Hotel, Westport, on Monday evening.

The county Galway village of Oranmore walked away with the national and regional Tidy Towns’ Best Bring Bank Award at the national awards in Dublin recently.

Galway’s good showing in the Tidy Towns competition, which found the city “very well presented and spotlessly clean”, is a positive start and something to build on.

Community groups planning to undertake a clean-up in their area are being advised to contact the council’s environment section to avail of assistance.

Kilkenny, has been awarded the title of Ireland’s Tidiest Large Urban Centre 2010 from the Tidy Towns competition.