Litter lout attempts to sabotage tidy town image

GARDAI´ are on the trail of a litter bug who is trying to sabotage the efforts of a tidy town competition.

The litter lout is described as a mainly nocturnal creature. During the day he spends his time painstakingly cutting up newspapers into strips.

Under cover of darkness, and armed with sackfuls of rubbish, he wreaks havoc on the tidy town's effort, dumping in areas which have recently been cleaned up by local environmentalists.