Dublin the country’s dirtiest old town

DUBLIN is more of a dirty old town than a fair city, with litter levels in the capital up to 12% higher than in the rest of the country, a new survey has found.

The less affluent suburbs of Ballymun, Mulhuddart and Clondalkin are littered and simply not shaping up to cleaner, more wealthy areas of the capital like Clontarf, Dalkey and Killiney, the latest survey from Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) shows.

The group, which carried out the survey with An Taisce, hopes the findings will force councils into cleaning up their act and tackling the many litter blackspots throughout the city.