A County Tipperary town is one of three to be included in an initiative aimed at promoting tourism around the country which begins next week.
Fáilte Ireland is to write to the top 100 of last year's Tidy Town competition winners and invite them to take part in the inaugural Tourism Towns Award.
Among those towns which will be invited are last year's top three – Emly, Co Tipperary, Killarney, Co Kerry, and Westport, Co Mayo
The award will be an additional category to the Tidy Towns Competition, which has been in existence since 1958. Ten areas that make the shortlist for the award will receive €1,000 each.
