Donegal County Councillor Martin McDermott has expressed his anger and disappointment after the green in Malin Town was ripped up by vandals.
The gang used six stolen tractors and a forklift and drove them in circles on the village green in the early hours of yesterday morning.
The heavy machinery was taken between 4.30am and 5.30am at the business at Bree outside Malin.
They were then driven to Malin village where they were driven around in circles on the green causing a large amount of damage.
Locals awoke on the Bank Holiday Monday to find their village completely torn up by the vandals.
Malin Town has a rich history in Ireland’s tidy towns competition and won the overall event in 1991.
Local county councillor Martin McDermott slammed those behind the incident.
He said “These people might think this is funny but it’s far from a joke for the people of Malin who work very hard to keep their area so clean and tidy and looking so well.
“If they think this is funny or a bit of fun then they are badly mistaken.
“I would appeal to anybody who knows about this incident or who may have CCTV footage of the incident to contact the Gardai and help bring these people to justice.”
