Litter louts ‘cannot be named and shamed’

The thousands of litter louts that have littered beaches during the recent heatwave are to escape any ‘name and shame’ sanction.

Clare County manager Tom Coughlan told a Clare Joint Policing Committee meeting yesterday that the Department of the Environment has a direction that the naming and shaming of litter offenders not take place.

During the recent hot spell, Clare’s most popular beach, Lahinch, was badly affected by beachgoers leaving their rubbish behind.