Technology will be central to a five-year plan adopted in Kerry to target “the persistent” problem of litter with smart phone apps, mobile cameras and CCTV all being deployed to stop illegal dumping.

FEARS were raised yesterday that a multi-million-euro waste disposal facility, owned by Kerry County Council, may have to close — due to a loss of business.

KERRY County Council has become the latest in a long list of local authorities to exit loss-making waste collection services.