Churchgoers attending ceremonies at a Naas church were unable to hear mass being said because of the sound of smashing bottles.
Local
councillor Anne Breen said this was the reason why a bottle bank was
removed from the site of the Church of the Irish Martyrs in Ballycane.
“People couldn’t hear the mass because of the bottles,” Cllr Breen said.
Fellow
councillor Evie Sammon asked Kildare County Council to find a permanent
location for the bottle banks previously located at Fairgreen, Naas,
which were removed because of major roads works taking place in the
area.
Cllr Sammon suggested that the banks be located away from
the town centre to a place where there is room for people to drive and
pull in, such as the Naas Retail Park.
Cllr Seamie Moore
suggested that Aras Chill Dara, KCC’s head office, would be an ideal
location and Millennium Park was also suggested as an alternative
location.
KCC official Donal Hodgins said the banks taken from
Fairgreen are being stored and “can be reinstated to an alternative
location once this is identified.”