€10k litter fines for anti-water fee groups

Cork City Council has, between January and April 21, issued 122 on-the-spot fines for offences under Section 19 of the Litter Pollution Act 1997. Of these, 46 relating to fly-postering were issued to one organisation based at The People’s Convention’s offices on Douglas St. Some 19 of these were on-the-spot fines.
A further 27 on-the-spot fines were issued to another organisation based at the same address. The combined fines total is over €10,000.