‘Countryside is not a rubbish dumping ground’

RURAL dwellers called last night for a major Government crackdown on roadside dumping.

Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Countryside — representing non-farming rural dwellers — said the Government must get tough on people who drive into rural areas to dump their rubbish.

“A walk along any rural road indicates clearly that thousands of drivers are using the countryside as a dumping ground for their car rubbish,” said IFA chairman David Wilkinson.