by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Oct 19, 2023 | News
APPRECIATION EVENING Last Thursday evening the Management of The Oriel House Hotel hosted an Appreciation Evening for Ballincollig Tidy Towns Volunteers. Thirty-five of us enjoyed some wonderful food and drink in celebration of our Gold Medal victory, Ireland’s...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Dec 15, 2022 | News
VOLUNTEER GET TOGETHER Ballincollig Tidy Towns has always enjoyed a get together with its Volunteers at Christmas. However, due to the recent sad loss of Tony our beloved friend and Volunteer there is no mood for a celebration. Tony loved our social events and was...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Dec 12, 2019 | News
NEWS FROM THE WEEK Students from Gaelscoil Ui Riordan together with some members of Ballincollig Tidy Towns were filmed working and singing together as gaeilge by TG4 during the week. Both groups will travel to Dublin in January for the finishing touches of what...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Dec 6, 2019 | News
CHRISTMAS COMES TO BALLINCOLLIG Last Friday night the Belle of Ballincollig, Amy Bowdren and the Lord Mayor of Cork, John Sheehan turned on Ballincollig’s Christmas lights. A large crowd turned out to see the new lights that were kindly funded by Cork City Council and...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Nov 28, 2019 | News
BULBS APLENTY During the week, approximately 120,000 bulbs were planted as part of Cork City Council’s Parks Department plans for 2020. The bulbs were put in a special planting machine similar to one used for planting potatoes. It opens the ground and plants the...