Street cleaners working

After an absence of many years, Kilcullen now has a regular street cleaning presence from Kildare County Council. This follows several years of campaigning by Kilcullen Community Action, including the special delivery of a bag of litter to Arus Cill Dara last year.

The new service is the result of a shift in responsibility for litter collection from the Roads Department to Environment in the Council. In a pilot scheme, a litter crew based at the Silliot Hill Recycling Centre will provide a regular cleaning service to seven towns in the area, including Kilcullen and Brannockstown.

The service includes litter collection, weeds removal and street sweeping. In the meantime, though, the summer Monday evenings town cleanup efforts coordinated by KCA will continue.