Council to honour Cloontuskert community group

Roscommon County Council is to honour Cloontuskert Development and Tidy Towns Association at its 2026 civic reception.

At last week’s meeting of the Roscommon Municipal District, Cllr Larry Brennan proposed that the local group be commended as The Abbey Housing Estate, Cloontuskert, was the overall All-Island winner in the Urban Neighbourhoods and Housing Estates Category at the IPB Pride of Place Awards.

The awards were held in November of last year, and the FF councillor said that the Cloontuskert Development and Tidy Towns Association do a huge amount of excellent voluntary work in their community.

The proposal was seconded by Independent Ireland councillor Nigel Dineen, who also praised the group for its great work.

Supporting the proposal, Cllr Ruth Conboy highlighted that the timing of the Pride of Place awards can lead to a delay in groups being honoured in the council’s civic receptions.

“For this particular group, it will be 13 months since they received their national award,” she said. She asked that the timing of the Pride of Place awards be considered when civic receptions were being planned.

This was supported by MD Cathaoirleach Paschal Fitzmaurice.

*Published under the Local Democracy Reporting scheme