Big Beach Clean Up Attracts Volunteers to Clare Coasts

Photo © Pat Flynn

Volunteers are helping to clean up the Banner County’s beaches across the weekend, as part of Coca-Cola Clean Coasts Week 2019.

Over 2,500 volunteers are taking part in the annual initiative in over 300 planned events.

Beaches such as Kilrush, Caherush Point and Whitestrand Miltown Malbay are being cleaned here in Clare, among many others across the Irish coast.

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Caitríona Cunningham from Clean Coasts explains how litter, and in particular marrine litter, can have a detrimental effect on our enviroment: