Communities prepare for spring clean

COMMUNITIES across Co Limerick will take part in the spring clean campaign, details of which were announced yesterday.

Limerick County Council, in conjunction with An Taisce, want groups to register their planned clean up as part of the 12th annual national campaign.

Organised clean ups will be held throughout April.

Over 150 groups in Co Limerick which included sports clubs, tidy towns organisations, businesses, schools, community development groups and residents associations took part in last year’s cleanup.

Mary Killeen Fitzgerald of the council’s environment section said: “Most participants see National Spring Clean campaign as a positive and fun way of coming together with their neighbours to ensure their road, estate, park, parish, village or community is cleaner. Participation in National Spring Clean is open to all, including individuals and community groups such as residents’ associations or Tidy Towns committees, development associations, sporting organisations, youth groups, schools and businesses.”

* To register and receive a free cleanup kit, go to nationalspringclean.org.