Swords receives Purple Flag award

SWORDS has been awarded the Purple Flag which is the ‘gold standard’ for town centres at night, and is the highest internationally recognised award for the evening and night-time economy in Europe.  

It brings increased footfall and strong recognition to the town centre as a dynamic, safe, clean and fun place to be at night and is a fantastic tool for promoting a quality evening and night-time economy offering to local, regional, national and international visitors.

The Swords Purple Flag Working Group, led by Fingal County Council and supported by Fingal Dublin Chamber, has worked hard on this project for many months. It is proud to be awarded the much coveted Purple Flag following the visit of the assessment team in August.

Mayor of Fingal Cllr David O’Connor will raise the Purple Flag at a special ceremony this Thursday, November 5 at Swords Castle. 

“Swords is a lively, dynamic town with lots of evening-time activities for the local community and for visitors,” said the Mayor.  

“I’m delighted that the hard work of the Working Group and all the stakeholders involved in this initiative has paid off.”

Chief executive of Fingal Dublin Chamber Tony Lambert said: “I know the business community and other stakeholders pulled out all the stops to make sure that the assessors were impressed with Swords.   

“We are very pleased that all the hard work that took place to make the application for the Purple Flag has paid off.”