Students and staff from St Bonaventure University, New York State visited the island yesterday, and worked hard clearing rubbish from Mill Bay up towards Church Bay.
Many Rathlin residents have already taken the time to support the island's coastguard team by filling in the online form letter to MLAs and the MP on the PCS website (see this news story).
The UK government are proposing to close the Belfast Coastguard centre at Bregenz House in Bangor. Many people in Northern Ireland are very concerned at the implications this would have for the safety of people using the seas and coast all around the north.
Anja Rosler of the RSPB, who visited the island recently, will be returning next week to continue giving information and answering queries about the proposed extermination of Rathlin's rat and ferret populations.
