Killarney

<h3>The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr John Francis Flynn has thanked the&nbsp;3,500&nbsp;volunteers who took part in the County Clean-Up across Kerry on Saturday.</h3>
Thousands of bags of litter were collected from the roadsides and towns and villages during the annual clean-up which was organised by KWD Recycling and Kerry County Council.
&#8220;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. Despite the rain showers, people of all ages rolled up their sleeves and got involved from early morning,&#8221; Cllr Flynn said.
&#8220;It would be great to harness the involvement of members of the public on Saturday 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.&#8221;
Cllr Flynn 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.
Noel O&rsquo;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.
336 bags of rubbish was collected.
Molls Gap to Muckross &#8211; 62 bags Cleeney Roundabout to Farranfore &#8211; 51 bags Kerry Airport to Castleisland &#8211; 33 bags Ballydowney to Halfway to Killorglin &#8211; 55 bags Golden Nugget/Miltown Road/Aghadoe -35 bags County Bounds to Ballyvourney &#8211; 100 bags
&#8220;Thank you, to all the fantastic volunteers that helped with the KWD County Wide Clean up on Saturday,&#8221; Bridget O&rsquo;Keeffe, Senior Executive with Killarney Chamber of Tourism &amp; Commerce, said.
&#8220;Overall, this was a great effort.&#8221;

Thousands of volunteers take part in 11th annual County Clean-Up

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