It may come as a surprise to some of you, but the Garden of Ireland, better known as County Wicklow has been voted one of the best places to live in the world.
Are you from County Wicklow? If so, you’re currently living in one of the best places in the world. Well, that’s according to the 2012 International Awards for Liveable Communities who chose County Wicklow over Putrajaya in Malaysia and the Yingge District, New Taipei City in Taiwan for the top spot in their chosen category.
The awards also gave Abbeyleix in Laois and Moynalty in Meath the silver and bronze respectively in their chosen category. But what exactly are the LivCom awards? Here’s what their website has to say: “The LivCom Awards is the World’s only Awards Competition focussing on International Best Practice regarding the management of the local environment.
“The objective of LivCom is to develop and share International Best Practice, with the further objective of improving the quality of life of individual citizens through the creation of ‘liveable communities”.
You can find out more info – and send your angry letters as to why your town didn’t make the cut – over on the LivCom website.
