Unwanted items get new lease of life during pandemic

Baking banana bread, zoom catch-ups and online exercise classes - just some of the activities we've turned to during the pandemic.

They say one person’s junk is another’s treasure. This Pearl drum kit has come alive again at the July programme for children with autism here at St Nicholas’ school in The Claddagh. Meanwhile, the Renmore scout Den on the outskirts of Galway City has been turned into an Aladdin’s Cave.There are guitars and tennis rackets, treadmills and exercise bikes, all waiting to find new homes and new owners.

Some of the equipment still have price tags on them. Others are in need of some repair. All are considered too useful to be thrown into a skip headed for a landfill site."

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