Thanks to extraordinary community effort and collaboration Roscommon Town will be Plastic Straw Free this Easter Sunday (April 21st 2019) and hopefully continually into the future. Great coverage on Roscommon People this week.

Kilteevan Tidy Towns, Roscommon Co Council, Plastic Free Rosommon, Roscommon Chamber of Commerce, Roscommon Vintners Association worked together to bring about this historic day for Roscommon.

Major credit must go to Suzanne Dempsey, Environment Officer, Roscommon Co Council for her hard work and dedication.Very Well Done to  our  young Tidy Towns members - Éabha Dolan Sophie Coen James Mooney, Kevin Fannon, Kieran Coyle, Liam Egan, and Adam Lalwani,

Reflect on the following words of wisdom;

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors;  We borrow it from our children".

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In keeping with our interest in our environment, Kilteevan Tidy Towns is appealing for poster free 2019 elections. This follows up on our campaign during the Presidential Election and on the Straws Suck Campaign. We are appealing to the goodwill of all candidates in requesting a voluntary poster ban.

The very sad reality is that;

• Like other single use plastics, posters they take 400+ years to biodegrade.
• In the 2014 local elections, an estimated 611,000 posters were erected with a combined cost of €3M with posters covering the equivalent area of 23 Croke Parks
• This produced 366 tonnes of Co2, the equivalent of driving an average car non-stop for 592 days
• After 30 days of canvassing, the majority of these posters were sent to landfill.(Poster Free.ie)

We welcome the fact that the following candidates are poster free in Roscommon:

Dominick Connolly, Kathleen Shanagher, Valerie Byrne, Orla Leyden, Ivan Connaughton, John Cummins, Joe Murphy, Aidan Sampey and Donal Kilduff.

April 18th 2019

A it It was a very busy, successful and historic morning in Kilteevan.

Today we had the

• Launch Co Roscommon Spring Clean
• Announcement of Motorist Litter Initiative
• Launch of The Green Dog Walkers Campaign
• And……… we also carried out a MAJOR litter pick.

Co Roscommon Spring Clean was launched in Kilteevan today by Kathleen Shanagher Leas-Chathaoirleach, Roscommon Co Council. Sarah Mc Govern model and ambassador for An Taisce Spring Clean was in attendance and spoke about the growth of the initiative across the country.

Annette Donlon, Roscommon Co Council announced that a new  Motorist litter initiative would commence shortly in Kilteevan.

 Eileen Fahey, Chairperson Kilteevan Tidy Towns praised the An Taisce initiative and wondered what the Ireland would look like without it. She heartily welcomed the Anti- Motorist Litter initiative for Kilteevan.  She also launched Kilteevan Tidy Towns Green Dog Walkers Campaign.

Celebrity Benjamin Bin also turned up and absolutely stole the show! Well Done Benji.

Kilteevan Tidy Towns would like to express a sincere thank you to all the staff Roscommon Co Council for their constant support.

Thanks also to members of the community who ventured out on a cold morning to help us.

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Kilteevan National School  Spring Walk   

Developing  21st Cenury Skills as Future Guardians of the Natural World .  

Congratulations to the pupils of Kilteevan National School on their outstanding success in the recent Roscommon/Kilteevan Community Games Art Competition.

U8 Boys

1st Daniel O'Connor

U8 Girls

1st Eva Maria Horvathova

2nd Alannah Dolan

U10 Boys

1st Mark Fox

2nd Shane Porter

U10 Girls

2nd Aoife Corcoran

U12 Boys

1st Sean Fox

2nd Jake O'Reilly

U12 Girls

1st Maria Fox

2nd Meabh Egan

U14 Girls

1st Alison Porter

2nd Lauren O'Connor

Kilteevan NS scooped a total of 12 out of 14 medals for 1st and 2nd place

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A whopping €925 was raised at our Daffodil Day Coffee Morning this morning with every cent going to the Irish Cancer Society. Kilteevan Community Development Group would like to express a massive thanks to everyone for supporting the event and for donating so generously .

Posted March 24th 2019

Congratulations to pupils of Kilteevan National School who were confirmed this weekend in Sacred Heart Church Roscommon.

Pictured in the photograph L/R Fr. Sean Beirne, Ruth Cunningham, Jennifer Connolly, Lauren O'Connor, Peter Cunningham, Alison Porter, Mrs Lynch(teacher). Seated Bishop Kevin Doran

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Thanks to the work of 7 young members of Kilteevan Tidy Towns, one thousand people in Roscommon have signed a pledge not to use plastic straws.

The organisation believes that by working together, the community can be part of a solution, to some of our environmental problems.

Kilteevan Tidy Towns, Roscommon Co Council and Plastic Free Roscommon. worked together on this project to begin the process to rid  Roscommon from single-use unnecessary plastic items.

The project drew to a close at a Tidy Towns meeting in Kilteevan Community Centre on March 5^th when Sophie Coen and Éabha Dolan proudly handed over the signatures to Marguerite Croghan (Secretary) and Hugh Brennnan (Treasurer).

Major credit is due to all members of the team;

James Mooney, Kevin Fannon, Kieran Coyle, Sophie Coen, Éabha Dolan, Adam Lalwani, and Liam Egan.

We look forward to their next project which is already hatching in Kilteevan!!

Lovely photo in this weeks Roscommon Herald of Maria Fox and Ruth Cunningham, both prizwinners in Roscommon Drama Festival Story Writing Competition. Well Done Maria, Ruth and Kilteevan National School.

Congratulations to Maria Fox from everyone in Kilteevan