ANTI-LITTER campaigners have called on the Government to launch an initiative to get major companies to sponsor the clean-up of the national road network.

HOPES are rising that the virtual disappearance of horse dung from the streets of Killarney could help the tourist haven win the top award in the national Tidy Towns competition.

Cavan has won back its title as the cleanest town in the country , it emerged today.

IRELAND has become a much cleaner country over the past 10 years, according to the Irish Business Against Litter League (IBAL).