Entente Florale silver award for Mulranny

THERE are celebrations in Mulranny this evening after the village was awarded a silver medal at the Entente Florale Awards in Austria.

And there were two more reasons to celebrate with a special certificate also awarded for the environmental approach of Mulranny's Green Plan team and the Old Irish Goat Project picking up the Best Practice Award.

The awards are just reward for the huge community effort put into the European competition.

Last July, the community and Mayo County Council welcomed a team of international judges who inspected a number of different aspects in the village, including planning and development, sustainable environment, built environment, landscape, green spaces, planting, environmental education, effort and involvement, tourism and leisure, and communications.

Entente Florale Europe is a social, cultural and environmental competition for towns and villages.