BLUE HORIZONS
FLUSH TIMES AT THE REGIONAL PARK As can be imagined, there were many happy smiles and relieved bladders this week as the long-awaited replacement toilet arrived and was lifted into place at the Regional Park Ballincollig. Fingers, and legs, were kept firmly crossed...
BRIGHTER DAYS AHEAD
ALWAYS PLENTY TO DO John turned all the compost in Bay 2. We are so lucky to have this magnificent rich compost it will be of enormous benefit to us in the coming months. Adrian sorted the weeks litter at the allotment. John began a project at...
2022 AND PLENTY TO DO
JANUARY RETURN The Ballincollig Tidy Towns Workers were back to work this week after the Christmas and New Year break. Adrian spent most of Tuesday morning washing the soakage wicks belonging to the Eastgate planters. When this was done, he emptied all the Cig/Gum...HAPPY NEW YEAR
HERE’S TO 2022 The Committee, Volunteers and Members of Ballincollig Tidy Towns wish the people of Ballincollig a very Happy New Year. It should be a very busy 2022 for BTT with several exciting projects in the pipeline. WORKING TO SAVE OUR PLANET If we...
A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS
HAPPY CHRISTMAS On behalf of all in Ballincollig Tidy Towns, the Chairman, Tom Butler, would like to wish everyone a very happy and safe Christmas. pic – leaves collected by TY students SEASON OF GOOD WILL To the teenager who saw us...
WHAT NAUGHTY LIST??
SOME FESTIVE CHEER For a second year Ballincollig Tidy Towns has been unable to properly thank all of their Volunteers and Transition Year students for the wonderful work they do keeping Ballincollig looking it’s best. Last Sunday we managed to gather in small groups...
CELEBRATION
Despite storm Barra keeping us all indoors for a time during the week, our workers still managed to get through a great deal of work. After segregating the litter and recycling at the allotment it was time to tackle the leaves and fill the compost bays. Following on...
COUNTDOWN BEGINS
SOME OF THIS WEEK’S WORK John & Adrian spent Monday morning at the allotment sorting all the leaves and piling them into the Compost Bays. They also sorted through the litter and recycling collected over the previous week including the Sunday morning litter pick....