Litter bugs evade tidy town officials

Ireland’s tidiest town still has a problem with littering, but is finding it extremely difficult to catch offenders.

Killarney Town Council received 54 complaints about littering in 2011, but no on-the-spot fines were issued and not a single prosecution was brought.

Independent councillor Niall O’Callaghan asked how, with so many complaints, there appeared to be no enforcement of the Litter Pollution Act.