Top Ten Cleanest Places in Ireland June 2008

Posted on June 16th, 2008 in Best Places in Ireland, Clonmel, Dundalk, Dungarvan, Ennis, Fermoy, Greystones, Ireland, Letterkenny, Living in Ireland, Thurles by census-analysis

 A Litter League of all towns with more than 6000 population in Ireland had the 1st round of results published today.

The top 10 towns were

1 Ennis
2 Greystones
3 Fermoy
4 Portlaoise
5 Howth
6 Dungarvan
7 Dundalk
8 Letterkenny
9 Thurles
10 Clonmel

The litter figures are produced by ” Irish Business Against Litter ” - an alliance of companies sharing a belief that continued economic prosperity - notably in the areas of tourism, food and direct foreign investment - is contingent on a clean, litter-free environment.
As part of the IBAL Anti-Litter League, An Taisce monitors all towns of population 6,000 and over, independently in accordance with international grading standards.

Litter League - the worst Towns in Ireland

Posted on June 16th, 2008 in Athy, Ballina, Bray, Cobh, Cork City, Enniscorthy, Kilkenny, Limerick City, Living in Ireland, Longford, Mallow, Roscommon, Tullamore, Worst Places in Ireland by census-analysis

Tallaght is the dirtiest town in Ireland - that’s according to “Irish Business Against Litter “  They are an alliance of companies who say they share a sharing a belief that continued economic prosperity  is contingent on a clean, litter-free environment. As part of the IBAL Anti-Litter League, An Taisce monitors all towns of population 6,000 and over, independently in accordance with international grading standards.

The first round of results were published today and 3 towns came out as being Litter Blackspots. These towns were  Tullamore , Roscommon and worst of all was Tallaght .
The towns of Bray , Ballina,  Cobh,  Enniscorthy,  and Longford did not come out too well  either - they were all classed as Seriously Littered.

Slightly better - but still classed as Littered were the towns of Athy, Kilkenny ,Limerick City, Cork City, Ranelagh and  Mallow
Ennis came out top of the League out of  55 towns and cities in Ireland.