Clare Tourism Council

December 9th, 2010

The tidy towns were presented with the Tom Mannion trophy recently at the Falls hotel Ennistymon. The Clare Tourism Council were presenting awards to tidy towns groups in Clare for their achievements in the national competition.

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Japanese Visit October 2010

December 9th, 2010

Mr Tomohide Yazawa, Noel Crowley, and Naoko Yamashita

Ennis tidy towns were delighted to welcome Tomohide to Ennis durning his visit of Ireland carrying out research on the tidy towns competition.

Tomohide Yazawa is with the Shizuoka Research Institute in Japan and and he is researching the tidy towns competition in Ireland, to see would a simalar competition work in Shizuoka.

We wish Tomohide well with his research, and we were delighted to spend time with him and Naoko his Interpreter, and share our knowledge as regards the competition and our town and we also learned alot about Japan.

ECO-UNESCO’s Energy Education Day Free Training Programme

October 15th, 2010

ECO-UNESCO’S Energy Education Day FREE TRAINING PROGRAMME in co-operation with Clare County Council and Ennis Tidy Towns Committee takes place on 26th October 2010 at Ennis Town Council Offices, Drumbiggle, Ennis, Co. Clare.

If anyone in your organisation is interested in attending please contact james.noel.crowley@hotmail.com by 18th of October to secure your place.

The Learning outcomes for the day are as follows:

  • What Environmental Education (Education for Sustainable Development) is
  • How to integrate interactive Environmental Education activities into youth work
  • Concepts related to Sustainable Development & Energy
  • How to encourage critical thinking in young people through Environmental Education
  • How to foster Environmental Awareness in Young People through Environmental Education.

The training programme is suitable for anybody working on Energy Education with young people or wishing to do so in the future.

Tidy Towns Competition 2010 Adjudication Report

September 16th, 2010

The Tidy Towns Competition 2010 Adjudication Report for Ennis is now available for download:

Download the Tidy Towns Competition 2010 Adjudication Report for Ennis

Weekly Cleanups, Get Involved

August 3rd, 2010

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The Ennis Fire Service and the Tidytowns carried out a cleanup of the town tonight, 3rd of August.

The Tidy towns carries out a clean up every monday night so why not get involved?, contact us and join us for a clean up, and also meet new friends and have some fun,and get fit along the way.

A big thanks to the fire service for their help