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Edel Golden - Manager, Jackie Clarke Museum, displays one of Mayo County Council's two Green Flag Awards for 2020. Naoise Culhane

84 Irish parks and gardens win Green Flag award

There were 14 awards for community-run spaces across the country.

THE NUMBER OF International Green Flag awards for Ireland this year has increased, with 84 parks and gardens receiving an award, including for the first time sites from Cavan, Donegal and Waterford.

The Green Flag Award for parks is the mark of a quality park or green space and is recognised throughout the world. It is only awarded for exceeding tough environmental standards in green space management and excellence of visitor attractions.

Ireland secured more Green Flag awards this year than any other country other than the UK.

Included in the 84 awards are 14 for community-run parks and gardens in Carlow, Donegal, Dublin, Kildare, Galway, Roscommon, and Wexford.

An Taisce Environmental Education run the Green Flag Award for Parks scheme each year within the Republic of Ireland.

Minister of State for Community Development and Charities Joe O’Brien said this year “we have appreciated the importance of the public parks and gardens within our communities probably more than at any other time”.

“They have supported us all in maintaining a significant quality of life during restrictions, uncertainty, and upset. Without our public parks and gardens our lives would have been much further reduced and confined.”

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the hard work put in by park staff, and community volunteers, across the country,” O’Brien said.

“Not only in achieving this Green Flag Success for Ireland today, but in maintaining the many parks, gardens, and greens across the country for our mutual benefit. It is a great credit that they largely remained open and well managed at this difficult time.”

The full list of winners can be found here.

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    Mute Niall Dunleavy
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    Sep 12th 2017, 8:59 AM

    No mention of middle lane hoggers? Merge onto motorway, move straight to middle lane, stay there. ( I know it’s probably just m50 with 3 lanes).

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    Sep 12th 2017, 9:17 AM

    @Niall Dunleavy: The article does mention middle lane Hoggeston Niall. It’s rampant!

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    Mute Hans Maas
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    Sep 12th 2017, 8:21 PM

    And than there are: fog lights on a sunny day, no lights on a overcast, rainy or even foggy day or after sundown.

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    Sep 12th 2017, 8:12 PM

    Correct use of the motorway requires knowledge of the rules of the road in the first place and in second place some road engineering expertise. The most blatant and stupid violations of the rules of the road are: the right of way rules which absolutely no-one and that includes the poor excuses for rule enforcers ( the guards), parking on zebra crossings, parking on corners, bullying with the car as a weapon, ridiculously engineered round about a an junctions, and last but by no means least the absolute ignorance and sheer bad attitude and lack of consideration for other road users especially cyclists and pedestrians.

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    Sep 12th 2017, 8:17 PM

    And where in the rule book does it say that putting on your hazard lights gives you the god given right to double park, illegally park or just block the road?

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    Sep 12th 2017, 6:36 PM

    If people were to drive correctly there would be very traffic issues on the M50.

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    Sep 12th 2017, 6:39 PM

    Putting on your indicator by the way, does not give you the right of way. If you hit another vehicle already in that lane you are cutting into, you are at fault.

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    Sep 12th 2017, 7:27 PM

    @mr non snowflake: snowflake

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    Sep 12th 2017, 8:26 PM

    @mr non snowflake: you are at fault? According to whom the guy with the biggest mouth? The best lier, the cutest solicitor? When no one knows the rules including the so called law enforcers than the one at fault is always the one with the who is the least assertive.

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    Jul 29th 2020, 11:03 AM

    Overtaking on the Motorway, then pulling right in front of you as they lose their nerve, forcing you to drop back to safe distance. Happens constantly ;-(

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