Monaghan County Council picks up two awards at the 2018 Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards

Monaghan County Council picks up two awards at the 2018 Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards ceremony held on 22 November 2018. Monaghan County  Council were shortlisted in ten out of the sixteen award categories.

Congratulations to ‘Everybody Plays – Inclusive Playground Policy’ on winning the award in the ‘Disability Services Provision’ category and ‘repairmystuff.ie’ – Ireland’s Leading Online Repair Directory’ for winning the Joint Local Authority Initiative Award. This is Monaghan County Council’s second year to win the Joint Local Authority Initiative Award having also picked up this award in 2017 for the ‘Cavan Monaghan Science Festival’ in partnership with Cavan County Council.

Congratulations also, to those involved in the other eight Monaghan County Council shortlisted projects:

-Know ME not the Stereotype  (Supporting Active Communities)

-Monaghan Comhairle na nÓg  (Health & Wellbeing)

-Refurbishment of the Carrickmacross Market House Building (Supporting Tourism)

-Monaghan Town Voucher  (Promoting Economic Development)

-Community Property Marking Scheme  (Local Authority Innovation)

-The Derryvalley Catchment Project  (Sustainable Environment)

-DRUM – Portrait of a Village  (Sustaining the Arts)

-Redevelopment of Ballybay Town Park (Outstanding Initiative through the MD’s)

For further information and a full list of all winners see: Chambers Ireland