Cork town deemed second cleanest in Ireland as coffee cup littering on the rise across country

The Irish Business Against Litter results show more than 60% of towns surveyed were deemed clean, with Maynooth in Co Kildare edging out Mallow to take the overall title of cleanest town

Discarded coffee cups were found at over 30% of the 500 sites surveyed by Ibal inspectors.

Coffee cup littering is on the rise in many parts of the country, leading to calls for a new levy to be fast-tracked on disposable cardboard cups. 

The annual Irish Business Against Litter (Ibal) results — a nationwide survey of the cleanliness of 40 towns and cities — found that coffee cup littering is widespread.