Deputy mayor attacks anti-litter group over blackspot survey

A COUNCILLOR who represents a community labelled one of the country’s worst litter blackspots has launched a blistering attack on an anti-litter group.

Cork’s deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Tony Fitzgerald (FF) said Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) had “no mandate to destroy a community” based on a single survey.

Earlier this month, Knocknaheeny, on the north side of Cork City, along with Dublin’s north inner city were branded litter blackspots in the final of IBAL’s overall 2011 survey.