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.

Edenderry most Early Risers

Posted on November 19th, 2007 in Athy,Balbriggan,Ceannanus Mór,Commuting,Edenderry,Kildare,Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington,Living in Ireland,Navan,Portarlington,Rush,Trim by census-analysis

Edenderry in County Offaly has the highest percentage  of early risers out of all the towns in Ireland with a population of over 5000.
According to Census 2006 figures -  18.84% of workers in Edenderry have to leave their house before 6.30am to go to work. (498  workers out of 2963) The top 10 towns for leaving home before 6.30am are:
Edenderry
Portarlington
Navan (An Uaimh)
Athy
Ceannanus Mór
Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington
Rush
Trim
Kildare
Balbriggan

Longford tops Unemployment Blackspots

Posted on October 22nd, 2007 in Abbeyfeale,Athy,Ballina,Carrick-on-Suir,Castlecomer-Donaguile,Cootehill,Enniscorthy,Living in Ireland,Longford,New Ross,Rathnew by census-analysis

The town of Longford has the highest unemployment rate in Ireland – of all towns over 1500 population.
Census figures show that the percentage of unemployed people in Longford is 11.14% – compared to a national figure of 5.89%. Longford has  almost double the average rate of unemployment.
Top Ten Towns for Worst Unemployment
Rathnew
Abbeyfeale
New Ross
Ballina (Mayo)
Carrick-on-Suir
Enniscorthy
Athy
Castlecomer-Donaguile
Cootehill
All these towns have rates of unemployment above 8.68%

Balbriggan has highest percentage of Africans

Posted on October 16th, 2007 in Athy,Balbriggan,Drogheda,Dundalk,Ennis,Kilkenny,Living in Ireland,Navan by census-analysis

Africans in Ireland
Of all the towns with a population over 5000 – Balbriggan Co Dublin has the highest concentration of residents of African Ethnic origin. In Balbriggan 5.85% of the population recorded their ethnic origin as African in the 2006 census (890 people).
In all of Ireland there were 39734 people of African origin – that is 0.98% of the total population.
Other towns in Ireland (5000 plus population) where the percentage of Africans is over 3% :Longford 4.1%
Athy 4.02%
Lusk 3.64%
Ennis 3.61%
Dundalk 3.53%
Drogheda 3.25%
Navan 3.18%
Kilkenny 3.05%

According to the census returns there are only 3 Africans in the town of Dungarvan. (It is possible that people did not answer the question) – so this town has the lowest percentage of Africans in Ireland at 0.037.
The percentage of African residents is also low in Roscommon Town (2) , Newcastle West (4) and Tipperary Town (5)