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Volunteers and members of the Clean Coasts and Fáilte Ireland team who helped clean Fenit Beach on Saturday.
VOLUNTEERS from all around Kerry came out on Saturday to take part in Clean Coasts and Fáilte Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way Community Clean-ups of Fenit Beach in Kerry.
These events were created by Clean Coasts as part of their summertime Enjoy and Protect campaign with support from Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development who support the long-term sustainable growth in the economic, social, cultural and environmental contribution to tourism in Ireland with the events’ overall aim was to raise awareness to keeping our marine and wildlife spaces clean for locals and tourists alike to enjoy and admire.
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This event on Fenit beach in County Kerry included tea and coffee from Mike’s Cafe for all participants.
There were 26 volunteers joining Clean Coasts and Fáilte Ireland in Fenit, removing four bags – approximately 25 kg – of marine litter in one hour.
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Both the team and volunteers who joined were pleasantly surprised to find an already very cleaned beach and were delighted with how the day went. Fenit Conservation also joined the event, to give a brief talk about the work they do.
Rachel Geary from the Environmental Education Unit representing Clean Coasts said: “It was a great event and participants had a very positive attitude.”
