Greens fail to tackle littered countryside

I CHOSE to vote for a Green party candidate in the last general election, a good man who cares for his community and lives as he speaks.

However, with a Minister for the Environment in their ranks, can somebody please explain why our countryside is so filthy with litter and rubbish of all sorts, and there is no obvious effort — other then Tidy Towns’ groups — to eradicate the mess?

Is it possible the Greens, like our gardaí and council officials, are too middle class, self-serving and incompetent to get down and dirty.