32nd Limerick, St. Paul's, Scout Group

The Scout Group...
"Cleaned the riverbank and public walkway between University of Limerick Boat House and a little beyond the "Black Bridge" about 500m in all. This will be the site for the Special Olympics Kayaking event in June. Collected 20 bags of rubbish plus assorted debris, including plastic table, carpet, bottle of orange with 10p price tag, ." Lorcan Keyes

Newbridge College Canoe Club.......

"The clean up day was a great success. We had 21 volunteers turn out on the day, we cleaned about 1.5km, both sides of the river, about 9 m3 was collected and removed for recycling by our local autorities. The weather was on our side with nice warm sunshine all day long, and after the clean up we all had some fun on the water with kayaks. As a club we were delighed to be able to take part on the day and would be glad to help out again in the future. " Jim Dillon

Ballyfermot Youth Service - Outward Bounds Amenity Centre

Excellent work done by everyone who cleaned from the Outward Bounds Amenity Centre.

"We filled two skips which included the 20 bags provided, 2 bikes, ½ a moped, 1 stereo, 6 traffic cones, several barriers & fences,1 dog, an arm chair and much more. 28 people were involved: 6 adults and 22 children (19 between 9 - 14)" Allegra Lalor

A big thanks to Allegra and Ger who cleaned and motivated several clean ups during the week and to all the guys and girls who participated with them. The Canal looks brilliant.

Inny Kayakers

Well done to the Inny Kayakers both junior members and the slightly older members! for a great collection of rubbish. Around 10 people participated in collecting over 30 bags of rubbish. As per usual there were also other items ready to be dragged out too, including a complete car with registration. The car was just a bit too big for the canadians, so hopefully the county council will remove it soon.

Information provided by Irene Nooney

15 Silverbridge CC members plus local volunteers clean the Slane

"... We collected about 20 bags of rubbish in total from the get on at Stackallen weir, the river itself and the get out at Slane bridge. The lads filled a whole Canadian canoe and a sit on top with rubbish on the way down the river, from the weirs and islands mainly. The rest of the group collected more from around the get in and take out. .... The council were very helpful and supplied us with extra bags and litter pickers as well as collecting the bags the next day.

We all agreed that it is a great initiative and something that should become an annual event. The locals were really supportive and we rounded it all off with a picnic party in the glorious sunshine. Super day." Eoin Hurst

Phoenix Kayak Club

A great turn out for the Phoenix Kayak Club, with over 30 volunteers cleaning the River Lee.
Information provided by Emer Toomey.

Ardmore Adventures

"...... we cleaned Ardmore, while a couple of farmers cleaned nearby goat island and the county council sent out teams to curragh beach and whitting bay. We collected over 40 bags of rubbish from Ardmore and goat island. We had 20 volunteers help out in Ardmore. We are planning another beach clean with the local school in a few weeks. All and all it was a huge sucess and people were amazed at how much was gathered in such a short space of time.

The rubbish was made up of litter, ropes, old fishing nets, plastic etc." Ronan O'Connor