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Clare town takes honours despite litter study criticism

ENNIS, Co Clare, has emerged as the winner of the 2005 Tidy Towns competition - just two weeks after it was branded one of the State’s dirtiest places in an environmental study.

Clare town takes honours despite litter study criticism

Tue, 13 Sep, 2005 - 01:00

Sean McCarthaigh

The Banner capital beat almost 700 other entrants to win the prized title of Ireland’s Tidiest Town for the first time.

However, Ennis was branded one of Ireland’s worst litter black spots in the latest survey by the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) a fortnight ago.

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