by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Oct 8, 2020 | News
A 1916 RISING OF OUR OWN Back in 2016 Ballincollig Tidy Towns put a 1916 rising of a very different kind in place. One thousand nine hundred and sixteen spring bulbs were planted in an area near the Allotment to commemorate the centenary of the Easter Rising. However,...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | May 14, 2020 | News
GREEN WITH ENVY As many of us walk around with overgrown hair due to Covid-19 Restrictions, it was with a fair amount of envy this week that we looked on as the Poulavone Roundabout got a ‘haircut’ of its own. Like ourselves, the Roundabout’s covering had become...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Mar 19, 2020 | News
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY Sunday is Mother’s Day and, although we will not be able to celebrate the day in the usual ways with hugs and kisses and treats of family gatherings and lunches in restaurants, the sentiment will most definitely be the same. In these uncertain...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Mar 12, 2020 | News
LITTER PICK Last Sunday there were twenty-two Volunteers and four Transition Year students out on the weekly Litter Pick. The following day this waste together with the waste from the daily Litter Picks of the previous week yielded 5 bags of Rubbish, 2 bags of...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Mar 5, 2020 | News
A SUCCESSFUL NIGHT At 8pm on Tuesday last up to seventy people attended the talk at the Oriel House Hotel by Margaret Griffin of Griffins Garden Centre on the Importance of planting Pollinator Friendly Plants. The evening opened with Tom Butler of Ballincollig Tidy...
