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What Do You Win? TidyTowns Awards ceremonies - National and Regional In September each year, the main winners of the National SuperValu TidyTowns competition and the Special Awards are announced at the annual TidyTowns Awards ceremony (held in The Helix in recent years). The National, Regional and County award winners are announced as well as the Special awards. Due to time constraints, only the top awards are presented on stage on the day. The Minister for the Environment and the Managing Director of SuperValu, our main sponsor, make the presentations. The venue can only accommodate approximately 1000 people, therefore only a representation of award-winning TidyTowns committees are invited to attend in advance. In addition, all the sponsors, representatives from each Local Authority and the TidyTowns adjudicators are invited. It is a great social occasion and an opportunity to meet with other committees from across the country. The RTÉ Nationwide team record the event and a special Nationwide programme is broadcast that evening. The Regional Award ceremonies are held in October/November and allow TidyTowns groups to meet more locally to celebrate their achievements. These ceremonies include the Endeavour Award winners which recognise TidyTowns groups who are not such high achievers in the competition. The Regional Award ceremonies allow for the presentation of all the prizes, medals and certificates which were announced at the National Awards ceremony in September. A government Minister and the various sponsors attend to make the presentations. Photographers capture the presentations and the photos are circulated to all the local newspapers. Fáilte Ireland have traditionally hosted these awards in conjunction with the TidyTowns Unit of the Department. There are over 200 prizes given out under the SuperValu TidyTowns competition each year with more than €200,00 of the total prize fund of €250,000 awarded under the main competition. (The balance is awarded in special prizes outside the main competition. For further details, see Special Awards in this section.) All main prizes are based on the scores achieved by entrants in the competition as follows - Endeavour Awards for the biggest improvement by an entrant in each county from the previous year. County Awards for the top three entrants in each county. Regional Awards for the top-scoring entrant in each region. Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals for entrants with scores that fall within a set range from that year's winning score. Category Awards for the highest scoring entrants in the Village, Small Town, Large Town and Large Urban Centre categories. Ireland's Tidiest Town Award for the highest scoring entrant in the whole competition. There are also separate awards sections for Island entrants and Gaeltacht entrants.
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Cad í an duais a fhaigheann tú ? Searmanais Ghradaim na mBailte Slachtmhara - Náisiúnta agus Réigiúnach Fógraítear príomhbhuaiteoirí chomórtas Náisiúnta na mBailte Slachtmhara agus buaiteoirí na nGradam Speisialta ag searmanas bliantúil Ghradaim na mBailte Slachtmhara i Meán Fómhair gach bliain. Sa Helix a tionóladh iad le roinnt blianta anuas. Fógraítear buaiteoirí ghradaim Chontae, Réigiúnacha agus Náisiúnta, chomh maith leis na gradaim Speisialta. De bharr srianta ama, ní bhronntar ach na gradaim is airde ar stáitse ar lá an tsearmanais. An tAire Comhshaoil agus Stiúrthóir Bainistíochta SuperValu, ár bpríomh-urraitheoir, a bhronnann na gradaim. Níl spás ach do 1000 duine san ionad, mar sin ní thugtar cuireadh roimh ré ach do roinnt ionadaithe de na coistí Bailte Slachtmhara a mbronnfar gradam orthu a bheith i láthair. Tugtar cuireadh freisin do na hurraitheoirí ar fad, d'ionadaithe ó gach Údarás Áitiúil agus do mholtóirí na mBailte Slachtmhara a bheith i láthair. Ócáid shóisialta den scoth a bhíonn ann agus deis bualadh le coistí eile ó ar gach cearn den tír. Déanann foireann Nationwide RTÉ an ócáid a thaifeadadh agus craoltar clár speisialta faoin gcomórtas ar Nationwide an tráthnóna sin. I nDeireadh Fómhair/Samhain a thionóltar searmanais na nGradam Réigiúnacha agus tugtar deis do ghrúpaí Bailte Slachtmhara bualadh le chéile ar bhonn níos áitiúla chun an méid atá bainte amach acu a cheiliúradh. I measc na ndaoine a bhíonn i láthair bíonn buaiteoirí an Ghradaim Iarrachta, a thugann aitheantas do ghrúpaí Bailte Slachtmhara nach mbaineann ardghradam amach sa chomórtas. Tugann searmanais na nGradam Réigiúnacha deis na duaiseanna, boinn agus teastais ar fad a fógraíodh ag searmanas na nGradam Náisiúnta i Meán Fómhair, a bhronnadh. Freastalaíonn Aire rialtais agus na hurraitheoirí éagsúla chun na duaiseanna a bhronnadh. Bíonn grianghrafadóirí ann chun grianghraif a thógáil den bhronnadh duaiseanna agus scaiptear iad ar na nuachtáin áitiúla. Fáilte Ireland a chuireann na gradaim i láthair, go traidisiúnta, i gcomhar le hAonad na mBailte Slachtmhara sa Roinn. Tugtar amach os cionn 200 duais gach bliain faoi thionscnamh na mBailte Slachtmhara, le os cionn €200,000 den duaischiste iomlán de €250,000 á bhronnadh faoin bpríomhchomórtas. (Bronntar an iarmhéid i nduaiseanna speisialta lasmuigh den phríomhchomórtas. Le tuilleadh mionsonraí a fháil féach Specials sa roinn seo.) Tá na príomhdhuaiseanna ar fad bunaithe ar an scór a bhaineann na hiontrálaithe amach sa chomórtas mar a leanas - Gradaim an Iontrálaí Nua is Fearr don iontrálaí nua is airde a scórálann i ngach catagóir daonra. Gradaim Iarrachta don fheabhsúchán is mó a dhéanann iontrálaí i ngach contae ón mbliain roimhe sin. Gradaim Chontae don trí iontrálaí is airde i ngach contae. Gradaim Réigiúnacha don iontrálaí is airde a scórálann i ngach réigiún. Boinn Óir, Airgid agus Cré-Umha d’iontrálaithe le scóranna a thagann laistigh den réimse atá leagtha síos ón scór is airde don bliain sin. Gradaim Catagóire do na hiontrálaithe is airde a scórálann i gcatagóirí Sráidbhailte, Bailte Beaga, Bailte Móra agus Ionaid Uirbeacha Móra. Gradamh an Bhaile is Slachtmhaire in Éirinn don iontrálaí is airde a scórálann sa chomórtas ar fad. Tá rannóga gradaim ar leithligh ann freisin d’iontrálaithe ó na hOileáin agus d’iontrálaithe ón nGaeltacht.