ATKINS Garden World was the venue as the county mayor Mayor Cllr Mary Linehan Foley launched the annual Pride in our Community competition for Tidy Towns and community and voluntary groups in County Cork.

Speaking at the launch Cllr Foley said that she was ‘proud and delighted that Cork County Council continued to support this wonderful competition.’

She went on to thank all the community groups taking part for making Cork such a wonderful place for all. She urged all community and Tidy Towns groups in the county to take part in the competition which recognises and rewards community groups who develop new or existing local amenities and projects which are of long-term benefit to the local community.

Cork County Council was also represented by Ger Barry (director of services planning and environment, Cork County Council), Aida Goold (senior executive officer, Cork County Council), Finbar O’Keeffe (senior staff officer) and Pauline Falvey, Caroline Healy, Debbie Hennessy, Niamh O’Dwyer, and Mairead Kelly (members of environment, climate change and emergency services directorate) and Conor Nelligan (heritage officer, Cork County Council). Cork County Federation of Muintir na Tire was represented by Sean Holland, Pauline O’Dwyer, Sean Finn, Finbar Motherway, Helen Kennedy and Denis Kelly, while Atkins Garden World was represented by manager Cornelia Creed. For full competition details and entry forms visit www.muintircork.com/pride-in-our-community