Yes, we know it’s 2019 and Skibbereen Arts Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year. Every year since its inception, the festival committee celebrates the arts in Skibbereen through a street art project. This street wall mural project completed in advance of the 2018 festival celebrates many of these heritage links and Skibbereen TidyContinue reading “Spotlight on… Arts Festival Murals 2018”
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Spotlight on… Trees 2019
by Skibbereen Tidy Towns National Tree Week 2019 has come and gone but in reality, every week in the season is Tree Week in Skibbereen and in the first of an occasional ‘Spotlight on…’ series of blog posts here are some of the season highlights. The 9 whitebeam trees planted as part of the NorthContinue reading “Spotlight on… Trees 2019”
Skibbereen Walks – let’s go walking
by Sandra Flynn The winter solstice has passed, there is a ‘stretch in the evenings’, spring bulbs are already blooming and Operation Transformation is on television. Our thoughts are turning to spring and getting out and about. Still with me, then read on… Three waymarked walking routes were launched in Skibbereen in March 2018, having beenContinue reading “Skibbereen Walks – let’s go walking”
Have we become blind to litter?
asks Skibbereen Tidy Towns The Oxford Dictionary defines litter as “rubbish such as paper, cans, and bottles left lying in an open or public place.” The practice of fly-tipping is defined as “to illegally dump waste.” While both these practices might be regarded by some as one and the same, it is important to understand theContinue reading “Have we become blind to litter?”
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