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Cleaning up in the Square on Saturday.
THE weather was awful, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from throwing their weight behind the County Clean-Up effort.
Even the Taoiseach was on hand to lend his support to the campaign in Kerry when Leo Varadkar showed up at Aghadoe near Killarney yesterday afternoon.
He and Minister Brendan Griffin did their bit by picking up rubbish at the scenic spot. The community initiative was coordinated by KWD Recycling and Kerry County Council and involved a number of community groups.
Around 6,000 people register for the event which saw 22,000 bags and 1,500 hi-vis vests distributed by KWD Recycling. Many people took part in Tralee including the local Tidy Towns group, Team Bramble and Kerry Islamic Outreach. Scroll down for photos…
Trophy Collectors, Volunteers from 2018 Winners of Tidy Towns Competition Listowel’s Breda McGrath and Mary Hanlon, having fun with Tralee Brambles Gillian Wharton-Slattery, left, Joan O’Regan and Mary Donlon, after The KWD Annual County Clean-Up Day. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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Volunteers from Tralee with Cathaoirleach Cllr Norma Moriarty, Chief Executive Kerry County Council, Moira Murrell, left and Oonagh O’Connor, right, Environmental Officer Kerry County Council, gather at Aghadoe, Killarney after The KWD Annual County Clean-Up Day. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
Tralee Brambles Volunteers, Michael O’Regan and Patsy Bennett, at the Annual KWD County Clean-Up Day. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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Members of the Kerry Indian Association from Tralee out for The Annual KWD County Clean-Up Day. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
Volunteers from Killarney along with staff members of Kerry County Council and KWD Recycling, gather at Daly’s for The Annual KWD County Clean-Up Day. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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Jessica O’Leary and Tim O’Leary, Farranfore Volunteers, at The Annual KWD County Clean-Up Day, Kerry’s biggest annual mobilisations of community groups, Tidy Towns committees, sporting. Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
Cllr John Joe Culloty and Alan Dowling, on the Farranfore road, at The Annual KWD County Clean-Up Day. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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On the Farranfore Straight, Volunteers, DenisMcMahon, left, Terrence Mulcahy, John Kelliher and Cllr John Sheahan, at The Annual KWD County Clean-Up Day. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD, called to Aghadoe, Killarney during The Annual KWD County Clean-Up Day, to see at first hand Kerry’s biggest annual mobilisations of community groups, Tidy Towns committees, sporting organisations, individual residents and families across the county .Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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Communications Officer with Kerry County Council, Owen O’Shea, handing a collection bag to An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD, who called to Aghadoe, Killarney, during The Annual KWD County Clean-Up Day with Minister Brendan Griffin. Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/FREE PIC
County Clean Up Organisers, taking a break after a job well done on Saturday. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
