Survey shows growing litter problem

DESPITE various campaigns the country’s litter problem is getting worse, the latest survey shows.

Of the 29 towns surveyed in the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) all-Ireland anti-litter league, 16 are regarded as heavily, or very heavily, littered.

The top three towns, Carlow, Enniskillen and Fermoy, have been given litter-free status, whereas the four towns at the bottom of the league, Drogheda, Longford, Sligo and the Coombe/Liberties area of Dublin, are considered heavily littered.