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Camper vandals trash Culdaff beach
27.07.11
INISHOWEN TD Charlie
McConalogue has hit out at campers who left the sand
dunes at Culdaff beach in a "terrible and unsafe
state" last weekend.
He described the behaviour of some of those staying
at Culdaff last weekend as "outrageous”.
“The campers burnt almost everything in sight before
they left including tents, chairs, parts of a nearby
fence to the point that the dunes themselves caught
fire. Good weather brings visitors and we very much
welcome this. However, we cannot allow them to
vandalise our local community,” he said. |
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Some of the damage caused by a group
of visitors to Culdaff last weekend. |
“The area of the sand
dunes where this took place is one used regularly by
walkers on a daily basis. I was horrified to see the
full extent of the vandalism. These type of vandals
contribute nothing to our local community in social
or economic terms. They brought all their supplies
with them and left their rubbish behind them,”
McConalogue blasted.
Inishowen TD McConalogue praised council staff who
took part in a large clean-up operation following
the incident.
“I must commend Donegal County Council on their
swift reaction in clearing up this mess very soon
after it was reported to them. Staff collected
fifteen full bags of rubbish, as well as a lot of
broken glass. They replaced the vandalised area with
fresh sand in their best efforts to put it back to
the way it was before last weekend. Thanks to their
response, any potential accidents involving children
playing in the dunes have been avoided,” he said. |
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