OVER 500 people nationwide will travel to Limerick later this year to attend the annual awards ceremony for the Pride of Place competition. Limerick County Council has been confirmed as the host authority for this year’s event, which will be held at Thomond Park on November 3. Pride of Place, which is run by Co-operation Ireland in conjunction with local authorities north and south of the border, was first piloted in the summer of 2003 and came from the Local Authority All-Island Steering Forum – a forum that encourages strategic, sustainable approaches to cross border co-operation.
Five Limerick communities will be hoping to emulate the success of recent years, including 2011, which saw Cappamore Housing Estates Committee as the overall winner of the Housing Estates Category, and Adare as runners up in Category 3, catering for population centres of 500-1000 residents.
Lough Gur (Single Issue – Cultural Tourism), St. Senan’s Social Services Foynes (Single Issue – Active Elderly) Knockainey (Category 3 – Population 500 to 1000), Castleconnell (Category 4 – Population 1000-2000) and Riverview Housing Estates Kilmallock (Category 9 – Housing Estates) are busily preparing for the judging stage of the 2012 competition, which takes place from August 8-10.
