Bere Island has won the Tidy Island Award in the 2023 Supervalu Tidy Towns Competition. It’s the fifteenth consecutive year the island has won the award. Bere Island’s entry into the Tidy Town’s competition is overseen by the Bere Island Tourism and Environment Group, who arrange litter picks and beach cleans and oversee the island’s waste management operation. The group will be awarded €1000 in prize money. The runners up were Sherkin Island.