Judging in the ‘Pride of Place Competition’ is taking place across parts of Sligo today.
The purpose of the competition is to acknowledge the work being done every day by communities all over the island of Ireland.
The competition is based on communities demonstrating directly to a panel of judges their pride in their place by oral presentation, exhibitions of community activities as well a a tour of their area.
An exhibition is due to take held in the Coleman Heritage Centre in Gurteen at 2pm today and judging also took place for the Sligo Food Trail this morning.
Gurteen Fianna Fail Cllr Paul Taylor says today they will be about showcasing what the area has to offer.
