Stradbally on tour to Tidy Skerries

There are free prizes, music and still some seats available on a daytrip from Stradbally to Skerries this Saturday, to see how they won the Tidy Towns top prize.

Community volunteers in Stradbally are being invited on the fun factfinding bus trip, packed with live music and spot prizes.

The trip to the seaside Dublin village, named as Ireland’s tidiest town of 2016, is on Saturday November 5, and half of the 60 seater bus is already booked up.

There participants will be given a guided tour by Skerries tidy towns group.

Thomas Donohue is a member of Stradbally Tidy Towns and is hoping more locals will come on board.

“We already have tidy towns volunteers, and members of Stradbally Flowers and Main Street residents association. We would like more representatives from the housing estates,” he said.

He is overwhelmed by the support he has gotten from local traders, in the form of generous spot prizes for the bus trip, with thirty prizes already collected.

“It is quite amazing what people will do when they know it is for a good cause. They see the flowers and the tidy streets and they want to show their thanks,” he said.

Live music is promised.

“We have a guitarist and a three piece group coming along. The bus has been kindly given to us at a special low rate of €5 a head, by Laois Rural Transport, including a driver,” he said.

The bus leaves from the Court square at 10am, returning at about 6.30pm.

Morning break is at Queen of Hearts restaurant on Dame street, whose owners are from Stradbally. To book a seat call Thomas on 8625190.