Lismore Tidy Towns update

After an extended long break the weekly Lismore Tidy Towns notes are back and they will be used to keep the community up to date with what is happening locally and nationally in relation to Tidy Towns news.

The Tidy Towns unit in the Department of Rural and Community Development recently confirmed that it intends to run the 2021 SuperValu Tidy Towns competition. The application has to be done online, adjudication will be done remotely and adjudicators will not be visiting centres. A launch date for the competition will depend on public health guidelines from the public health authorities. Once the competition is launched, centres will download the entry form and will be given 6-7 weeks to complete their applications..

At a recent online meeting of the Lismore Tidy Towns planning and working group, it was decided not to start the community litter roster until May. The winter weekend litter roster will be extended until then. Thanks to those members who agreed to do so.

We do not have any CE workers due to lockdown rules so it was decided at the above meeting that different Tidy Towns members would take responsibility for different types of work in Lismore town, working either on their own or in two’s. All have been given the month of March to get tasks done and hopefully in April the bigger group can come together to work outdoors. This week, work has been done in the Millennium Park, at Bothar Mochuda, at the Strand and the rose bed at Dowd’s. Thanks again to the volunteers who agreed to do work.

ECO TIP OF THE WEEK

“Let the Dandelions Grow’’. A lot of us resume grass cutting around St. Patrick’s Day, so this year might be the year to leave the mowing for a little later and give the dandelions a chance to grow.

Many of us think of the dandelions as perennial weeds, but they are an important early source of food for bees.