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The Lord Mayor pub is on Forest Road in Swords but a large apartment scheme to be built on the site of the current pub has been given planning permission.
In 2012, Swords was named the third-best town in Ireland to live in. The survey conducted by Retail Excellence Ireland took into account safety, retail, dining, entertainment, events, car parking and the overall attractiveness of the town. Swords has seen steady regeneration of shop fronts, public buildings, and footpaths and the restoration of Swords Castle since the mid-1990s. Households in Swords have the seventh-highest median incomes in the state, among distinct towns (a comparison excluding most other suburbs of the city).
A 2011 Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey declared Swords to be the second cleanest town in Ireland. This came just eight years after an IBAL survey had scored the town as the worst “litter blackspot” in the country. In the 2019 survey, An Taisce, who carry out the surveys on behalf of IBAL, stated: “A stellar showing for this large urban area. Swords is a model for others to follow.”
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