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Colmcille volunteers collect a tonne of rubbish
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Colmcille Area Development Group organised a community litter pick on Saturday where 38 volunteers turned out for the spring clean.
Chairman of the group Matt McGauran and the committee were delighted with the turn out and in particular the results from the morning’s work.
Two trailers and a van were packed full of litter which weighed 1,020kg - over a Tonne of waste/rubbish.
“The group met at the community centre at 10am and set out for two hours and look at what was achieved. It’s not just litter thrown out of cars but also fly tipping, bags of household rubbish, tyres, glass, beds, mattresses, bicycles etc,” said Mr McGauren.
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Aughnacliffe s Cllr Garry Murtagh says State s autism support system is ‘not working’
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Education Minister Norma Foley is facing growing calls to provide mandatory autism support units for children with spectrum disorders in areas most in high priority areas.
Fine Gael s Garry Murtagh said the State s current policy in meeting the demands of school communities at large was “simply not working”.
He said a growing cohort of parents were being left frustrated at having to enrol their children outside of their immediate catchement areas in order to meet their everday educational needs.
“(This is) adding additional stress on both the pupil and parents in normal times, let alone at a time of the current Covid national crisis and the extra demands and emotional strain associated with it,” he said.
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