Coachford

RAFFLE WINNER

Congratulations to Conor Corkery from Dripsey, who was the August winner of the Coachford Community Association 50/50 Raffle. Conor wins half of the total collected and walks away with a cool prize of €226. The Community Association have received the other half of the total raised and banked €226. Thanks to all of you who bought tickets and supported the draw. Tickets are now on sale for the September Raffle.

LITTERING AT BINS

Littering has once more become a problem at the Coachford Recycling centre. People continue to leave bottles at the Bottle Bank site when the bins are full. This in turn seems to be encouraging others to dump rubbish at the site. The county Council have been asked to increase the frequency of the bottle bank collections as the bins are always overflowing before the scheduled collection.

The public are being asked to not leave rubbish at the bottle banks and to dispose of their bottles and can responsibly. Coachford Tidy Towns continue to monitor the situation and clean-up the area when needed.

Peter Dineen of Coachford Tidy Towns said, ‘We’d like to thank all the people who dispose of their bottles and cans correctly and especially to those who take their recycling to another site or back home when the bins in