40% of our rivers, beaches, harbours are littered

‘Consequences of Wild Atlantic Way success must be managed’

Almost half of Ireland’s waterways are littered, with landmark areas of Cork Harbour and a popular tourist spot on the Wild Atlantic Way labelled litter blackspots, a new survey has found.

Business group Irish Business Against Litter’s (IBAL) first nationwide survey on our rivers, beaches, and harbours found that almost 40% of all areas surveyed were deemed littered, with just four of the 50 sites deemed clean to European norms.