South Dublin County Council Shortlisted in 9 categories in the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards 2024

The 2024 Excellence in Local Government Awards, which are sponsored by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage are held to recognise and celebrate the outstanding work being carried out by Local Authorities all over Ireland. Awards will be presented for Local Government Excellence across fifteen different categories with one local authority will be awarded the overall award and named Local Authority of the Year.

South Dublin County Council has been shortlisted for the following projects:

• New Urban Squares and Linear Park for Tallaght in Urban Revival
• Mini Woodland Scheme in South Dublin in Climate Change
• Women of South Dublin in Communications
• Teenspace Programme Review in Diversity & Inclusion
• South Dublin Community Public Services Day in Festival of the Year
• Saggart Schoolhouse Community Centre in Heritage and Built Environment
• Library Labs: STEAM at South Dublin Libraries in Local Authority Innovation
• Networking of Enterprising Women in South Dublin (NEWS) in Promoting Economic Development
• Adamstown: Sustainable by Planning, Design and Implementation in Supporting Sustainable Communities

South Dublin County Council have been successful in the past at these awards, winning the Climate Change Category in 2023 for the Heatworks; Tallaght District Heating Network project and the Local Authority Innovation Award for the Think Big Space project, in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) at the 2022 Awards. South Dublin were also shortlisted for the Local Authority of the Year award in 2023.

The Awards, sponsored by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, are held to recognise and celebrate the outstanding work being carried out by Local Authorities all over Ireland. Awards will be presented for Local Government Excellence across fifteen different categories and one local authority will be awarded the overall award and named Local Authority of the Year.

Speaking on the nominations, Chief Executive of South Dublin County Council Colm Ward said; “It is really positive to again see a significant and varied number of our projects shortlisted for the Excellence in Local Government Awards 2024.  This recognition of the work and commitment of staff, Councillors and various partners to deliver these projects again demonstrates ongoing progress in our aim of South Dublin being a great place to live, work and visit.”

The awards ceremony will be hosted on Thursday, 21st November in the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

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Image: South Dublin County Council receiving the Climate Change Award for the Heatworks; Tallaght District Heating Network project last year.

For more information contact: communications@sdublincoco.ie