Over 15 bags of rubbish taken from river at bridge in Tullamore town centre
Volunteers form local groups take part in major clean-up in county town last weekend
TULLAMORE River and Grand Canal Clean-up supported by Clean Coasts with volunteers from Tullamore Tidy Towns, Offaly Climate and Biodiversity Action Group, The Grand Canal Way parkrun, local anglers and Junior Tidy Towns took place on Sunday morning last.
Volunteers took part in a long over due clean-up of a blackspot at the Bridge House / Bridge St on the Tullamore River.
Over 15 bags of glass, pint glasses, plastic glasses, bottles, discarded litter and cigarette butts were retrieved from a small area at the bridge in the Town Centre.
Sunday was a great start to an ongoing Tullamore River awareness and clean-up project by Tidy Towns, collaborating with local community groups, schools and businesses.
A crew also focussed on the Bury Quay area of the Grand Canal with long pickers to clean up discarded bottles, cans and litter from Kilbeggan Bridge to Cox's Bridge.
Volunteers were treated to a well earned breakfast on the bank of the canal after their hard work. Special thanks to all our volunteers.
If you're interested in helping out please come along to the Sunday mornings sessions from 8.30am. Also note Tullamore Tidy Towns AGM takes place on Wednesday, October 7 at 7pm in the Court Hotel. You can check out all Tidy Towns upcoming events on https://www.tullamoretidytowns.ie/events - with an exciting schedule of Tidy Town events planned in October.