{"id":292,"date":"2009-01-06T12:32:58","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T12:32:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"Green_Cllr_congratulates_all_responsible_for_Howth_being_the_cleanest_town_in_Ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/?p=292","title":{"rendered":"Green Cllr congratulates all responsible for Howth being the cleanest town in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Howth Green Party Councillor David Healy congratulated all those<br \/>\nresponsible for Howth being recognised as the cleanest town in<br \/>\nIreland.&nbsp; Cllr. Healy commented:&nbsp; &quot;The change in the appearance of<br \/>\nHowth over the last few years has been remarkable.&nbsp; Previously litter<br \/>\nwas a serious problem in Howth. Now the natural beauty of the area is<br \/>\nmatched by a clean environment.&nbsp; In particular I want to thank the<br \/>\ncleaning staff from Fingal County Council. The extended cleaning<br \/>\nservice over the last few years is the key to Howth&#8217;s achievements.&nbsp;<br \/>\nBut there has been a virtuous cycle: residents and visitors to Howth<br \/>\nalike have kept the area much cleaner.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Local businesses have<br \/>\nplayed an important role.&nbsp; The local primary school Scoil Mhuire and<br \/>\nit&#8217;s Principal John Chambers deserve particular mention.&nbsp; The<br \/>\ngreen-flagged school is putting environmental responsibilty at the core<br \/>\nof it&#8217;s teaching and it&#8217;s grounds were singled out for special mention<br \/>\nby the assessors.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Further info: David Healy 087 617 8852<\/p>\n<p>Press release by Irish Business Against Litter&nbsp; http:\/\/www.ibal.ie\/press_releases\/2009\/PressRelease(1).pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howth Green Party Councillor David Healy congratulated all those responsible for Howth being recognised as the cleanest town in Ireland.&nbsp; Cllr. Healy commented:&nbsp; &quot;The change in the appearance of Howth over the last few years has been remarkable.&nbsp; Previously litter was a serious problem in Howth. Now the natural beauty of the area is matched [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}