by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Jun 8, 2023 | News
NEW SPONSOR We are pleased to announce Cork City Council has agreed a new sponsor for Poulavone Roundabout. Local company O’Donovan Agri Group has begun sponsoring the work of Ballincollig Tidy Towns planting and maintaining the Roundabout. Chairperson of Ballincollig...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Jun 1, 2023 | News
POULAVONE ROUNDABOUT One of our Volunteers spent a huge amount of time over last weekend spreading 10 tonnes of bark mulch on the outside beds and centre bed of Poulavone Roundabout. All his hard work in the heat, although tough going, was well worth the effort. Our...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | May 25, 2023 | News
NO SPRAY NO WAY 2022 saw Cork City Council stop the use of weed killers/ pesticides. Ballincollig Tidy Towns worked long and hard for this to happen and the benefits are already evident throughout Ballincollig. This is a reminder to all Residents Associations to...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | May 18, 2023 | News
LITTER PICK Sunday morning, 19 Volunteers joined 1 Transition Year Student for the weekly litter pick. The majority were litter picking for the hour while more were planting fruit trees in Cleburne Mews. Pat was busy collecting bags of litter, 1 bag of Cans and 1 bag...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | May 11, 2023 | News
WILD GRASS Some people have asked us about large uncut sections of grass on the Poulavone Roundabout. We decided not to cut these 3 pieces but to leave them grow naturally. We tried this out last year and felt it made a difference but this year even more so. Several...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | May 4, 2023 | News
DAWN CHORUS Bird Watch Ireland Cork Branch will be hosting a DAWN CHORUS this Sunday morning 7th May at 4.30 am in Ballincollig Regional Park. The meeting point is in Church of Christ Our Light Car Park P31 HW74 at 4.15 am. Wrap up warm. The first hour or so, the walk...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Apr 27, 2023 | News
WORK NIGHTS RETURN This week saw the Work Nights return. We started on the Poulavone Roundabout on Tuesday night where 11 Volunteers worked tirelessly raking the freshly cut grass. Work also began on the 5 outlying flower beds. The roundabout was a hive of activity...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Apr 23, 2023 | News
Community forum 3 for Sustainable Transport Corridors E & F will take place on Thursday 27th April at 6.30pm-8pm at University College Cork, Boole Basement 3, College Road, Cork, T12 ND89. Web: www.busconnects.ie/cork/ ...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Apr 20, 2023 | News
LITTER PICK On Sunday morning 27 Volunteers and 2 Transition Year students gathered for the Weekly Litter Pick. Although a very large area was covered, we were pleasantly surprised how little rubbish there was to be collected. Pat collected 15 bags of Litter and 1 bag...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Apr 13, 2023 | News
LITTER PICK Easter Sunday, there were 17 Volunteers and 2 Transition Year students out for the weekly litter pick. Our Volunteers managed to cover several areas and then headed to Mary O’Connell’s Bar for a cuppa. Denis took TY students Jack and Cillian and planted...
