IN PICTURES - Laois homecoming celebration for Abbeyleix Tidy Towns champions
By Conor Ganly
Published 14th Nov 2021, 21:53 GMT
Updated 15th Nov 2021, 13:20 GMT
The outstanding sucess of Abbeyleix Tidy Towns in the National Competition was celebrated in the town over the weekend at The Heritage House.
The Covid-19 safe gathering allowed volunteers to savour their success in welcome home the Ireland's Tidiest Small Town 2021 trophy.
Photographer Alf Harvey went along for the Leinster Express on Saturday, November 13 to capture some of the celebrations. Scroll through the gallery above which also shows the volunteers in action and two pictures from the awards ceremony at the RDS in Dublin taken by Naoise Culhane.