Cork town comes out in force to clean up discarded cigarette butts after litter contest flags issue
Macroom turns a major corner in Cork County Council's Anti-Litter Challenge
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Macroom has turned a major corner in the Council's Anti-Litter Challenge after the community came out in force to clean up the cigarette-butt issue highlighted by judges in the first round of the contest.
The town bounced back with force after local Tidy Towns' volunteers got the alert out across the community in the aftermath of the first-round reporting by judges.
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