Filthy streets and roads reveal lack of civic pride

I WISH to make a few sad observations on Cork city and surrounding areas, Cobh included.

One cannot fail to see the filth strewn on the sides of our main roads around and in the city.

This can be blamed on a few factors — some people refusing to pay for refuse collection (and dumping their rubbish out of car windows) and the litter left over long periods — sometimes for years — from all the construction work in and around the city.