IBAL – The Irish Business Against Litter – have released their latest results on the litter in 50 towns and cities in Ireland.
Wexford came out as the cleanest place out of the 50 places in the survey – with Tallaght coming out as the worst Litter Blackspot.
Of course – there could be towns cleaner than Wexford and just as dirty as Tallaght – but only towns with populations over 6000 are included.
Here is the full table of rankings released in August 2010
1 Wexford Clean to European Norms
2 Longford Clean to European Norms
3 Blanchardstown Clean to European Norms
4 Drogheda Clean to European Norms
5 Carlow Clean to European Norms
6 Trim Clean to European Norms
7 Killarney Clean to European Norms
8 Clonmel Clean to European Norms
9 Ballincollig Clean to European Norms
10 Lucan Clean to European Norms
11 Sligo Clean to European Norms
12 Ennis Clean to European Norms
13 Fermoy Clean to European Norms
14 Dungarvan Clean to European Norms
15 Letterkenny Clean to European Norms
16 Kildare Clean to European Norms
17 Waterford City Clean to European Norms
18 Cavan Clean to European Norms
19 Dun Laoghaire Clean to European Norms
20 Dundalk Clean to European Norms
21 Bray Clean to European Norms
22 Kilkenny Clean to European Norms
23 Tullamore Clean to European Norms
24 Tralee Clean to European Norms
25 Ballinasloe Clean to European Norms
26 Arklow Clean to European Norms
27 Mallow Clean to European Norms
28 Galway City Moderately Littered
29 Dublin City Moderately Littered
30 Newcastlewest Moderately Littered
31 Enniscorthy Moderately Littered
32 Swords Moderately Littered
33 Tramore Moderately Littered
34 Roscommon Moderately Littered
35 Mullingar Moderately Littered
36 Cork City Moderately Littered
37 Youghal Moderately Littered
38 Cobh Moderately Littered
39 Navan Moderately Littered
40 Tuam Moderately Littered
41 Wicklow Moderately Littered
42 Ballina Moderately Littered
43 Nenagh Moderately Littered
44 Newbridge Littered
45 Castlebar Littered
46 New Ross Littered
47 Monaghan Littered
48 Athlone Littered
49 Limerick City Littered
50 Midleton Seriously Littered
51 Naas Seriously Littered
52 Portlaoise Litter Blackspot
53 Tallaght Litter Blackspot
There are millions of people all over the world with Irish ancestors – now they can search the 1901 and the 1911 Irish census records online. The National Archives of Ireland website contains all the 1901 and 1911 census information. You can even view the original census forms . Census Site
According to the Sunday Times – these are the top 20 secondary schools in Ireland.
They base their results on the numbers of students gaining places in autumn 2008 and 2009 at one of the nine universities on the island of Ireland, main teacher training colleges, Royal College of Surgeons, National College of Art and Design or any English,Welsh or Scottish university or equivalent.
This may not be the best measure of school performance – but since the Irish government and the Irish teachers don’t want to publish exam results or carry out proper inspections with meaningful comparable results – these figures are all we have.
Top 20 Schools
1 Gonzaga College, Ranelagh, Dublin
2 Colaiste Iosagain, Booterstown, Co Dublin
3 Glenstal Abbey School, Murroe, Co Limerick
4 Mount Anville Secondary School, Goatstown, Dublin 14 G
5 The Teresian School, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
6 Loreto College, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
7 Holy Child Secondary School, Killiney, Co Dublin G
8 Laurel Hill Colaiste FCJ, Sth Circular Rd, Limerick G
9 Alexandra College, Milltown, Dublin 6
10 Scoil Mhuire, Sydney Place, Cork
11 Colaiste Eoin, Booterstown, Co Dublin B
12 Clongowes Wood College, Naas, Co Kildare B
13 Jesus&Mary Secondary School, Salthill, Galway G
14 Presentation Brothers College, Mardyke, Cork B
15 St Gerard’s, Bray, Co Wicklow M
16 Muckross Park College, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 G 7
17 Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles, Co Tipperary G
18 Loreto High School, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 G
19 St Andrew’s College, Blackrock, Co Dublin M
20 St Joseph of Cluny Secondary School, Killiney,
Yet another litter survey by IBAL . The 2009 results were released today (Jan 4th 2010) The litter survey covers 60 towns with over 6,000 population . Sites are graded by An Taisce according to international standards.
The cleanest town was Bray – whilst the two dirtiest were Limerick and Wicklow.
IBAL Anti Litter League Final Results 2009
1 Bray
2 Cavan
3 Drogheda
4 Clonmel
5 Longford
6 Wexford
7 Carlow
8 Sligo
9 Celbridge
10 Blanchardstown
11 Ballincollig
12 Dundalk
13 Mullingar
14 Trim
15 Portlaoise
16 Navan
17 Roscommon
18 Dún Laoghaire
19 Tramore
20 Shannon
21 Killarney
22 Leixlip
23 Dungarvan
24 Ballina
25 Castlebar
26 Kilkenny
27 Fermoy
28 Swords
29 Balbriggan
30 Newbridge
31 Newcastlewest
32 Midleton
33 Ashbourne
34 Thurles
35 Enniscorthy
36 Youghal
37 Monaghan
38 Lucan
39 Cobh
Moderately Littered
40 Waterford City
41 Buncrana
42 Tullamore
43 Arklow
44 Gorey
45 Galway
46 Ennis
47 Tuam
48 Tralee
49 New Ross
Littered
50 Cork City
51 Dublin City
52 Naas
53 Nenagh
Seriously Littered
54 Ballinasloe
55 Tallaght
56 Letterkenny
57 Athlone
58 Mallow
Litter Blackspots
59 Wicklow
60 Limerick City
The famous jaunting cars of Killarney have today – July 14th 2009 been banned from Killarney National park after drivers refused to fit them with dung-catching devices.The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has said the soiling of pathways in Killarney National Park by the drivers’ horses was unacceptable.
They have even offered to pay for the horse “nappies” but the jarveys, claim they are dangerous. Forty five jarveys have licences to operate 66 jaunting cars in the park.
They offer tours of Muckross, Torc and Ross Island on 15km of internal roads and paths to almost 1m people who visit the County Kerry park every year
After 18 months of consultations and negotiations, the NPWS closed the jaunting car entrances to the park at 6am this morning.
Similar dung catchers are in use on Blackpool beach in the UK.
The IBAL 2009 results were published this week – IBAL is the Irish Business Against Litter. Certain towns are checked for litter during the year by An Taisce on behalf of IBAL . All towns in Ireland of over 6,000 inhabitants are now covered by the Anti Litter League . Sixty towns in all were surveyed – the best town (cleanest) was Wexford
Top Ten Cleanest Towns 2009
1 Wexford
2 Ennis
3 Youghal
4 Carlow
5 Dun Laoghaire
6 Swords
7 Balbriggan
8 Longford
9 Roscommon
10 Killarney
Two towns came out as the worst in the survey this year – they were Mallow and Athlone – both were classed as Litter Blackspots.
Arklow was the the third worst – classed as Seriously Littered .
Other towns that did badly (classed as littered)
45 Buncrana
46 Dublin City
47 Cork City
48 Limerick City
49 Nenagh
50 Naas
51 Kilkenny
52 Waterford City
53 Portlaoise
54 Trim
55 Wicklow
56 Gorey
57 Tallaght
Based on 2008 figures for entry into third level in Ireland – these are the 20 best secondary schools in South Dublin. This League Table was compiled by the Sunday Times newspaper in 2009 and is based on the percentage of Leving Cert students going on to third level in Ireland. It probably isn’t the best way of assessing a school – but it is the only one available in the absence of any government statistics on exam results .
G=Girls School ; B= Boys School; M= Mixed
Figures = % admitted to third level education in Ireland.
1 The Teresian School, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 G 100%
2 Mount Anville Secondary School, Dublin 14 G 97.9%
3 Colaiste Eoin, Booterstown, Co Dublin B 97.2%
4 Gonzaga College, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 B 96.6%
5 Colaiste Iosagain, Booterstown, Co Dublin G 95.5%
6 Loreto College, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 G 83.0%
7 Muckross Park College, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 G 81.1%
8 St Joseph of Cluny, Killiney, Co Dublin G 80.0%
9 Alexandra College, Milltown, Dublin 6 G 78.5%
10 Loreto College, Foxrock, Dublin 18 G 77.7%
11 Holy Child Secondary School,Killiney, G 75.8%
12 The High School, Rathgar, Dublin 6 M 75.4%
13 Rosemont School, Blackrock, Co Dublin G 75.0%
14 St Michael’s College, Ailesbury Rd, Dublin 4 B 72.1%
15 Loreto High School, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 G 70.5%
16 Mount Sackville Secondary School,Chapelizod, G 69.2%
17 St Andrew’s College, Blackrock, Co Dublin M 67.3%
18 Blackrock College, Blackrock, Co Dublin B 65.9%
19 St Conleth’s College, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 M 65.1%
20 Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 B 63.4%
According to the Sunday Times league table of the top secondary schools in Ireland 2008 – these are the top 20 schools in Connacht. The positions are based on entry to third level institutions only – so may not be a very accurate assessment of a school. (Pupils may have taken Grinds elsewhere). In the absence of any government assessment of school performance in Ireland – it is all we have to go on and is better than nothing at all. There are no published figures or exam results for schools in Ireland – mainly because teachers are against it. Maybe if we saw exam results some teachers might not stay in their jobs .
(M=Mixed, B=Boys, G= Girls)
The figure shown next to each school is thepercentage of Leaving Cert pupils entering third level in Ireland.
1 Scoil Damhnait, Achill, Co Mayo M 7 84.6
2 Seamount College, Kinvara, Co Galway G 76.2
3 * Marian College, Mohill, Co Leitrim M 75.0
4 Mount St Michael, Claremorris, Co Mayo G 74.5
5 Jesus & Mary Secondary School,Salthill, Galway G 70.4
6 Colaiste Iognaid SJ, Sea Rd, Galway M 70.0
7 Ursuline College, Sligo G 69.6
8 Colaiste na Coiribe, Tuam Road, Galway M 67.7
9 Presentation College, Athenry, Co Galway M 63.8
10 Scoil Muire gan Smal, Roscommon G 61.7
11 Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, Co Galway M 60.5
12 Dominican College, Taylor’s Hill, Galway G 60.3
13 Scoil Mhuire, Ballinasloe, Co Galway G 60.0
14 St Mary’s Secondary School, Ballina, Co Mayo G 58.7
15 St Joseph’s College, Nun’s Island, Galway B 58.3
16 St Gerald’s College, Castlebar, Co Mayo B 57.5
17 Colaiste Cholmain, Claremorris, Co Mayo B 54.9
18 Colaiste Cholmcille, Inverin, Co Galway M 53.1
19 Sligo Grammar School, The Mall, Sligo M 52.8
20 Presentation College, Tuam, Co Galway G 52.7
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Nice to see some people looking at the site. Just to confirm – this site uses Census 2006 data mainly but is in no way connected with the CSO.
The compilation of the best and worst towns was carried out using certain data from the census . There are probably many other statistics that could be used to get a fuller more accurate picture- (if they were available) – but the census data was all that was used.
The chart is probably more of a measure of the wealth or affluence of a town rather than trying to be an accurate measure of the quality of life in these towns.
The IBAL released details of its final 2008 anti-litter survey of 55 Irish towns and cities which show a record 36 towns are now classed as “litter free”.Ireland’s cleanest town will be announced today from the top five who head the current league table — Cavan, Dungarvan, Fermoy, Howth and Sligo.
Cobh in Co Cork was branded the country’s dirtiest town — firmly rooted to the bottom of the league table along with Tullamore and the seaside town of Bray with all three described as “seriously littered”.
Only 50 towns were included in this survey –