Young people clean the Lough, a wildlife reserve on the outskirts of Cork city.
The third largest wildlife sanctuary in Ireland, the Lough is a popular public recreation and fishing area that has also become a regular location for illegal dumping. The scale of the dumping has caused concern for the future of resident wildfowl.
Help arrived today in the form of youth organisations from Cork city. Members of Macra na Tuaithe, the Scouts and Girl Guides, the Order of Malta and Civil Defence participated in the 'Breakthrough’ programme, an initiative created
To show what young people can do for their environment.
Lord Mayor of Cork Alderman Toddy O’Sullivan is one of the adults assisting the removal of a refuse of from the freshwater lake.
Everything from scrap to plastic bags, old prams to bicycles.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 19 October 1980. The reporter is Tom MacSweeney.
