The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Jim Finucane has thanked the thousands of volunteers who took part in the County Clean-Up across Kerry over the past week.

Bags of litters were collected from the roadsides and towns and villages during the twelfth annual clean-up which was organised by KWD Recycling and Kerry County Council.

“This was another fantastic turnout for the County Clean-Up and shows how civic-minded many of our citizens are when it comes to keeping the county neat and tidy.

“‘Storm Kathleen’ on Saturday 6 meant that arrangements had to be adjusted a little bit but over the course of the past week, there was a major effort from Tidy Towns groups and local volunteers who put the shoulder to the wheel,’ he said.

‘It would be great to harness the involvement of members of the public this past week by getting more people to sign up with their local Tidy Towns group or start a group in their own area and to get people out and about collecting litter more often.’

Cllr Finucane thanked KWD Recycling and their team for helping to distribute gloves and bags ahead of the Clean-Up and for arranging to dispose of the bags of rubbish collected. He particularly acknowledged the way in which the planned collection times for litter were readjusted because of the storm.

Noel O’Reilly of KWD Recycling said they were delighted with the turnout and the positive attitude of all the participants. He thanked and congratulated local volunteer groups for their involvement.