Survey: Cork's Mahon only area of country 'seriously littered' 

Cork city centre one of six areas in 'littered' category as Waterford the cleanest city surveyed, for third year in succession

Plastic bottles and cans continue to be a major source of litter, according to IBAL’s Conor Horgan. Picture: Denis Minihane

Cork city centre and Mahon are two of Ireland's litter black spots, with the situation in the south city suburb deteriorating in the last year.

Mahon now languishes as the only surveyed area in the country to be in the "seriously littered" category in the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey.
Cork city centre is one of six areas in the "littered" category.