Residents rally to clean up West Cork gateway

It is one of the busiest tourist routes in West Cork — but litter-pickers have found everything from a disused fridge and a broken dishwasher to old election posters lying on the roadside.

Up to 200 people from across the region started work at 6am along a 6km stretch of road between Innishannon and Bandon.

It was part of a major spring clean of the road which, to many people, is the gateway to the region.