Portlaoise Tidy Towns
#Lovewhereyoulive
Portlaoise Tidy Towns is a community volunteer group dedicated to making Portlaoise a better place to work, live and play
Making a difference together
Around The Town
Tidy Town Volunteers
Our volunteers are at the heart of everything we have achieved
Working together for a brighter future
We work with the businesses and community organisations to make Portlaoise a better place to live
Cleanest Town Recognition
We topped the 2021 IBAL rankings carried out by An Taisce which praised Portlaoise for “years of concerted effort and steady improvement”
“Love Where You Live”
Our Vision
Our projects around the town are guided by our commitments to biodiversity, inclusiveness, and positive social change.
Our work aims to foster and improve the social connectedness and sense of place in Portlaoise, building a community that is kinder, more socially connected and environmentally sustainable.
Our Impact
Upcoming Events
FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO!
Would you like to volunteer?
Do you have a project that you would like to suggest?
We’d love to hear from you!
News
The last of the summer fruit!
A couple of years back, we planted fruit trees in several places around the town. Lovely to see the juicy results - even this late in the season!
Portlaoise Men’s Shed brighten up the People’s Park
Thanks very much to Portlaoise Men's Shed who spent the afternoon painting the playground equipment in the People's Park, it looks very cheerful in the sunshine! Find out more about what the Men's...
Portlaoise Tidy Towns receives recognition for conservation work at Old St Peter’s Graveyard
We were delighted to receive an award from the Adopt Monument Scheme of the Heritage Council for the conservation work that we undertook in partnership with the Heritage Office of Laois County...
Portlaoise Cycle Bus
Lovely to see such an enthusiastic response to today's trial Cycle Bus. Well done to all involved and to Laois County Council for organising this initiative across Laois in support of Bike Week...
Amazing Ukraine artist begins huge mural for Laois Tidy Towns
Yana Koretska is painting a 10-metre long artwork on the walkway into the People's Park. Yana, who has a Masters in Monumental Painting as well as a BA in Fine Art, fled Ukraine in the wake of the...
Swift boxes installed in new Portlaoise library
Wes Wilkinson from Laois County Council and Gerry from Portlaoise Tidy Towns examining the swift boxes that have been installed in the new library on Main Street. Swifts have traditionally bred in...