Litter handed to Council

Kilcullen Tidy Towns representatives presented a bag of litter to Kildare County Council officials this afternoon, to show the community's frustration at the lack of a proper street cleaning and litter collection service in the town.



Over the years Kilcullen Tidy Towns group has been active in the spring and summer months in litter collection, as well as encouraging other local people to be involved. They now feel the time has come to highlight the failure of KCC to carry out their duties in relation to the litter problem.

"Kilcullen has grown significantly over the past 5 years and Litter has, as in most town and villages, become an increasing issue," says Noel Clare of Kilcullen Tidy Towns. "We have and will continue to clear litter from the environs of the town but we feel that Kildare County Council needs to supply a resource for cleaning the main street area on a permanent basis."

Kilcullen Tidy Towns have for the past number of years been asking the Council to address this issue but to no avail.

The bag of litter was accepted by Director of Services Joe Boland in the presence of Cllrs Willie Callaghan and Billy Hillis.

Brian Byrne.