Frustrated business owners and residents in Roscommon organise street cleaning and waste disposal.
Litter from takeaway restaurants, refuse after the Saturday traders, saw Roscommon town gain a reputation for rubbish strewn streets.
Roscommon Community Council had repeatedly asked Roscommon County Council to sweep the streets on Sunday mornings, but their requests went unanswered.
Taking matters into their own hands, teams of volunteers have been hard at work,
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 16 October 1980.
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