WINTER BECKONS

WINTER BECKONS

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...
HEROES ALL

HEROES ALL

PHOTOGENIC The trophy presented to Ballincollig Tidy Towns at the recent SuperValu Tidy Towns Awards has hardly had time to catch its breath and get used to its new surroundings. Being photographed with various members of the community the past week has kept it busy....
FLORA & FAUNA

FLORA & FAUNA

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...
THE HEAT IS ON

THE HEAT IS ON

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...
RAYS OF HOPE

RAYS OF HOPE

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...