Celebrations on the double for County Roscommon projects at awards ceremony
Pictured at the awards ceremony were (from left): Chief Executive, Roscommon County Council, Shane Tiernan; Cllr John Keogh, Cathaoirleach, Roscommon County Council; Cllr. Paschal Fitzmaurice and Susan Gaynor, Castlerea Rose Festival; Lisa Joy, Tourism Officer, Roscommon County Council and Una Ní Chuinn, Senior Executive Officer, Community and Enterprise, Roscommon County Council.
Two Roscommon projects won accolades at the Local Authority Members Association awards, which were presented on Saturday night.
The awards ceremony took place at the Royal Convention Centre in Dublin.
Castlerea Rose Festival picked up the award for the Best Festival in the country while the Roscommon Water Source’ project won in the ‘Best Green Sustainable’ category.
The Castlerea Rose Festival was nominated by the tourism section of Roscommon County Council as one of the county’s premier tourism attractions. The festival is a seven day event, which takes place in late July and early August each year.
The Roscommon Water Source initiative was nominated by the Environment Department of Roscommon County Council as a blueprint for improving and monitoring water quality. The concept emerged from the efforts of Roscommon County Council in conjunction with the National Federation of Group Water Scheme (NFGWS) engaging a Source Protection Project over a number of group water schemes within the county.
The county’s other nominees for this year’s LAMA awards were ‘Planning Together Roscommon’ a unique cross community collaboration in the Communications category, Athleague Village in the Best Town or Village Renewal category and Ballyleague Resilience Park in the Best Environment Project section.
