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<p>The spotless Gerry O'Sullivan park in Churchfield/Gurranbraher in Cork's northside. Picture: Eddie O'Hare</p>

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'It is encouraging to see areas like Mahon in Cork making the grade, having fallen short in recent years'

Irish Business Against Litter survey highlights improvements in areas including Mahon but also points to some blackspots

<p>While overseeing the safety of the public in the water, beach lifeguards are reminding parents and guardians that when it comes to younger children at the seaside ‘Holding Hands Saves Lives’. Picture: Brian Lougheed</p>

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Donal Hickey: Beach safety in peak holiday season... anyone can drown but no one should

<p>Since February, Irish shoppers have been paying a deposit of 15c or 25c on most plastic drinks bottles which they can recycle at Re-turn machines which issue a voucher to reclaim the value of the deposit. Picture: Andres Poveda</p>

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Re-turn deposit return scheme helps reduce litter, according to IBAL and An Taisce

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A third of adults do not know how to properly dispose of vapes, survey finds

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Cork town deemed second cleanest in Ireland as coffee cup littering on the rise across country

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'We are horrified': Anger as Fermoy labelled 'horrible town' on Graham Norton Show

Majority of Irish beaches dirty as vapes become the new scourge

Coffee cups found at almost half of sites surveyed by Irish Business Against Litter, with disposable vapes at one in seven locations

Mon, 28 Aug, 2023

Survey: Cork's Mahon only area of country 'seriously littered'

Cork city centre one of six areas in 'littered' category as Waterford the cleanest city surveyed, for third year in succession

Mon, 09 Jan, 2023

Philanthropist Tom Cavanagh ‘a pioneer for social progress’

'He'll be so missed by so many, but the legacy of his amazing body of philanthropic work will live on for generations to come'

Fri, 09 Sep, 2022

'He worked so hard to improve people's lives' - Cork philanthropist Tom Cavanagh dies aged 92

Corkman, Dr Tom Cavanagh, devised the Anti-Litter League, set up the Tomar Trust and supported the Sanctuary Runners, among other things

Fri, 09 Sep, 2022

Cork Harbour and White Bay beach 'heavily littered', survey finds

Most common forms of litter found by assessors were cigarette butts, sweet wrappers, and plastic bottles

Mon, 05 Sep, 2022

Michael Moynihan: Quit crowing about litter and let’s do something to tackle its scourge

The world is not constructed entirely for the benefit of one specific individual, writes Michael Moynihan

Thu, 11 Aug, 2022

Cork and Limerick city centres among country's most littered areas

Discarded PPE, cans, and bottles, are all contributing to worsening litter levels in cities, but there has been a decline in the level of discarded coffee cups and cigarette butts

Mon, 18 Oct, 2021

Tolka River and Cork Harbour among most littered waterways in Ireland, study reveals

An in-depth study of our coasts and waterways shows just 16% are clean.

Mon, 26 Aug, 2019

Cork Harbour among the most littered waterways

Cork Harbour is one of the three most heavily littered waterways in Ireland, according to a study.

Mon, 26 Aug, 2019

Call for review of waste collection exemptions as Ireland's most littered towns are revealed

Our city centres are cleaner than ever, but problems of household waste presented for collection in bin bags are contributing to major litter problems in some areas.

Mon, 10 Jun, 2019

40% of our rivers, beaches, harbours are littered

‘Consequences of Wild Atlantic Way success must be managed’

Mon, 13 Aug, 2018

Litter still a major issue in disadvantaged areas

Ireland’s larger towns have cleaned up their act but litter is still a major problem in disadvantaged city areas.

Wed, 03 Jan, 2018

Residents from North Inner City of Dublin defend area after litter findings

Locals in the North Inner City of Dublin are defending their area after it was deemed "littered", according to the latest survey by Irish Business Against Litter.

Mon, 04 Sep, 2017

Four out of five areas improve litter ranking

Extra work still needed in some poorer, urban areas, survey finds

Mon, 04 Sep, 2017

Areas not on tourist radar ‘neglected’ in bid to fight litter

Local authorities showing favouritism to tourism and retail hotspots has left neighbourhoods without the necessary supports to fight litter, business leaders said.

Wed, 04 Jan, 2017

IBAL litter survey blackening our name, say Farranree representatives

Public representatives have rubbished the findings of the latest litter league survey which has again branded their suburb Ireland’s only litter blackspot.

Tue, 06 Sep, 2016

Dumping fear grows over pay by weight bin charges

The new pay-by-weight refuse collection system is in danger of leading to more people dumping their waste, say the organisers of a national anti-litter survey.

Mon, 05 Sep, 2016

Litter survey: Only Ireland’s best will do

IT is heartening to learn that not one town out of 40 surveyed up and down the country was deemed a ‘litter blackspot’ in 2015, according to the annual report of Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL). 

Tue, 05 Jan, 2016

Deirdre Clune calls for laws, penalties, and enforcement for litter louts

Ireland South MEP and member of the EU tourism taskforce Deirdre Clune yesterday called for new laws, higher fines, and better enforcement when it comes to illegal dumping and littering in towns, rural roads, and beaches.

Tue, 05 Jan, 2016

Cities around Ireland cleaning up their act on litter

There was a slight fall-off in the number of clean towns in Ireland, last year, but the number of clean cities increased.

Mon, 04 Jan, 2016

Towns clean up their act on litter issue

Kerry is king when it comes to being litter-free, but Dublin still has a capital problem with rubbish, according to the latest survey by by the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) group.

Mon, 31 Aug, 2015

Road safety ahead of crime as top concern for Irish people

Road safety tops the list of concerns of people in a new survey, ahead of crime, anti-social behaviour, and litter.

Tue, 05 May, 2015

People of Limerick have cleaned the city for all

The tremendous response to the Team Limerick Clean Up is evidence of the importance that the city’s citizens attach to a clean environment. As Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) surveys show, our cities are more littered than our towns.

Fri, 10 Apr, 2015

Farranree needs city council support to clean up its act

Irish Business Against Litter was pleased to read in your recent article (“Residents in litter ‘blackspot’ clean up their act”) that Farranree is reacting positively to its disappointing result in our most recent litter survey.

Sat, 07 Feb, 2015

Residents in litter ‘blackspot’ clean up their act

People living in the area branded Ireland’s only litter blackspot have united to clean up their act.

Tue, 27 Jan, 2015

Clean sweep as Kilkenny scores three-in-a-row as Ireland’s cleanest town

Kilkenny scored a hat-trick yesterday when it was named Ireland’s cleanest town for the third year in a row.

Tue, 06 Jan, 2015

Ireland's cleanest town is…

Kilkenny City has been named Ireland's cleanest town by Irish Business Against Litter.

Mon, 05 Jan, 2015

No dumping - IBAL report

Given the welcome influx of more tourists to Ireland, it is encouraging that our cities are getting cleaner. As today’s report from Irish Businesses Against Litter (IBAL) will show, 13 major urban areas are now better than the European average. 

Mon, 05 Jan, 2015

Cities starting to clean up their acts

Cities are beginning to clean up their acts and 13 major urban areas are now deemed to be less littered than the European average.

Mon, 05 Jan, 2015

Sweet papers the most common litter, as cities get dirtier

A new rural-urban divide is emerging as Ireland's towns are getting cleaner while our cities are getting dirtier.

Mon, 18 Aug, 2014

Farranree is bottom of the league for litter

Farranree on the northside of Cork City, has been named the dirtiest location in the country on its first-ever appearance in the Irish Businesses Against Litter league.

Mon, 18 Aug, 2014

Scrapping town councils may mean more litter — campaigners

Anti-litter campaigners have warned that the impending abolition of town councils could have a negative impact on the cleanliness of urban areas.

Tue, 06 May, 2014

Fears council reform will hit litter control

Government plans to abolish town councils may have a negative impact on efforts to control litter, Irish Business Against Litter has warned.

Tue, 07 Jan, 2014

Kilkenny is the country's cleanest city - again

Kilkenny has retained the title as Ireland’s Cleanest City at an awards ceremony in Dublin.

Mon, 06 Jan, 2014

Dublin city centre gets good grade over litter

Dublin city centre has been given a clean bill of health for the first time in the 18 years of a national litter survey.

Mon, 06 Jan, 2014

It’s time to capitalise on cleanliness of cities

Irish Business Against Litter’s annual Anti-Litter League results have been delivering good news in the first week of January for a number of years now.

Mon, 06 Jan, 2014

Empty properties encourage litter and dumping

One in five shop and office premises in the country’s large towns are empty and becoming magnets for litter and dumping, a survey by anti-litter campaigners has found.

Mon, 06 Jan, 2014

Businesses praise towns for cleaning up their act

Irish businesses have lauded towns across the country for cleaning up their act and keeping streets free of litter.

Mon, 02 Sep, 2013

Kilkenny dubbed cleanest city in the country

Kilkenny has been named as the cleanest city in Ireland by the Irish Business Against Litter group.

Mon, 07 Jan, 2013

Eight out of 10 Irish towns pass European cleanliness average

More than 80% of Ireland's towns are as clean as the European average, according to the latest survey from the anti-litter league IBAL.

Mon, 07 Jan, 2013

80% of Irish towns as clean or cleaner than European norms

Ireland’s tidiest town is poised to make a clean sweep today.

Mon, 07 Jan, 2013

Killarney civic leaders voice anger at jarveys fouling town with horse dung

Calls were made yesterday for action against a number of Killarney jarveys who are leaving horse dung on the streets of the Kerry town and in the National Park.

Tue, 04 Sep, 2012

Littered roads ‘ruin welcome for visitors’

‘Welcome to Ireland, home of litter’ — the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) group has said visitors are faced with the wrong impression of the country due to rubbish-strewn roads on Dublin’s north side.

Mon, 03 Sep, 2012

Cleaning up - A successful campaign

The Irish Business Against Litter group’s annual stick in the eye about our very poor record on litter in public places is a stark but undeniable counterpoint to the celebratory nature of the excellent Tidy Towns movement’s wonderful achievements.

Mon, 03 Sep, 2012