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AS SHANNON prepares for a visit from the judges in the national Tidy Town’s competition, the chairperson of the local committee has asked lo- cals to be more vigilant and report people who indiscriminately dump their refuse in the area.
Tess Barry was speaking ahead of the imminent arrival in Shannon of the competition adjudicators.
“We have worked very hard in the town since the Tidy Town’s Commit- tee was established here in 1973 but
there are still people who drive to Shannon just to dump their rubbish in our town.
“T would ask people to try and get the registration of these cars and re- port the matter to the town hall. Only this week, a car drove into the town and dumped three bags of household waster in a grassy area. The young child who saw this reported the inci- dent but unfortunately wasn’t sure of the number of the car but at least she had the sense to try and remember the number.”
Shannon has won several awards in
recent years and Mrs Barry has asked residents and businesses to make a final effort to ensure that their local area 1s litter free.
“We don’t know when the judges will arrive but we want to be ready. We would ask householders and busi- ness people to just check in the area around their homes and premises to ensure that there is no litter.
“We have a terrific committee and core group of people but we could not do the work with the locals. The Town Manager, Ger Dollard has done sterling work in the town
and we are very grateful for that. Of course our mayor of Clare Patricia McCarthy has been hugely proactive in the area of the environment for many years and she deserves great credit for that,” Mrs Barry said. “The opening of our new recycling centre last week is also a huge boost to the town and I would encour- age people to use the facility which is free of charge. With this facility now available to not just the people in Shannon but also the surrounding areas, there 1s no excuse for people to drop rubbish,’ Tess Barry added.