Collon and Gary Kelly Centre in ‘Pride’
JUDGING for the national ‘Pride of Place’ awards takes place this Tuesday with the village of Collon and the Gary Kelly Cancer Support Centre taking part.
Collon Village will represent the county in the Population 300-1000 Category and The Gary Kelly Cancer Support Centre will represent the county in the Community Wellbeing Initiative category. Both groups will be hoping to replicate the success of Louth in last year’s competition when Maria Goretti Foundation, Lordship won the “Community reaching out” category and Dunleer were runners up in the Population 2000-5000 category.
The competition which endeavours to showcase community spirit across the island of Ireland, is organised by Co-operation Ireland, in conjunction with IPB Insurance. Speaking about the competition, Barry Eaton of Louth County Council said “We are delighted that the community of Collon and The Gary Kelly Cancer Support Centre is representing Louth in this year’s Pride of Place Competition. It is a wonderful competition which showcases all that is best and innovative in communities throughout the island of Ireland. Louth County Council has worked closely with all the different groups in Collon and with The Gary Kelly Cancer Support Centre and we are confident that they will represent our county with pride. We wish them both the very best of luck”.
The awards ceremony taking place in Cork City Hall on Saturday 17th November.