Trim and Tidy Towns In Ireland
Trim has been named Ireland’s cleanest town out of 53 towns and cities that entered a Litter League .
Swords came second with Killarney in third place, Cavan 4th and Dun Laoghaire 5th
The rest of the Litter League results are listed below.
| 6 | Wexford | Clean to European Norms |
| 7 | Youghal | Clean to European Norms |
| 8 | Ballincollig | Clean to European Norms |
| 9 | Waterford City | Clean to European Norms |
| 10 | Fermoy | Clean to European Norms |
| 11 | Cobh | Clean to European Norms |
| 12 | Castlebar | Clean to European Norms |
| 13 | Bray | Clean to European Norms |
| 14 | Naas | Clean to European Norms |
| 15 | Dungarvan | Clean to European Norms |
| 16 | Ennis | Clean to European Norms |
| 17 | Ballina | Clean to European Norms |
| 18 | Nenagh | Clean to European Norms |
| 19 | Longford | Clean to European Norms |
| 20 | Kilkenny | Clean to European Norms |
| 21 | Tramore | Clean to European Norms |
| 22 | Sligo | Clean to European Norms |
| 23 | Drogheda | Clean to European Norms |
| 24 | Monaghan | Clean to European Norms |
| 25 | Tullamore | Clean to European Norms |
| 26 | Kildare | Clean to European Norms |
| 27 | Maynooth | Clean to European Norms |
| 28 | Clonmel | Clean to European Norms |
| 29 | Dundalk | Clean to European Norms |
| 30 | Tralee | Clean to European Norms |
| 31 | Galway City | Clean to European Norms |
| 32 | Roscommon | Clean to European Norms |
| 33 | Newcastlewest | Clean to European Norms |
| 34 | Mullingar | Clean to European Norms |
| 35 | Athlone | Clean to European Norms |
| 36 | Arklow | Clean to European Norms |
| 37 | Wicklow | Clean to European Norms |
| 38 | New Ross | Clean to European Norms |
| 39 | Cork City | Moderately Littered |
| 40 | Mallow | Moderately Littered |
| 41 | Navan | Moderately Littered |
| 42 | Gorey | Moderately Littered |
| 43 | Carlow | Moderately Littered |
| 44 | Limerick City | Moderately Littered |
| 45 | Dublin Airport Environs | Moderately Littered |
| 46 | Tuam | Moderately Littered |
| 47 | Tallaght | Moderately Littered |
| 48 | Portlaoise | Littered |
| 49 | Letterkenny | Littered |
| 50 | Dublin City | Littered |
| 51 | Tipperary Town | Littered |
| 52 | Knocknaheeny – Cork | Litter Blackspot |
| 53 | North Inner City Dublin | Litter Blackspot |
Categories: Arklow, Athlone, Best Places in Ireland, Bray, Carlow, Cavan, Cork City, Dublin, Galway City, Gorey, Killarney, Limerick City, Living in Ireland, New Ross, Roscommon, Sligo, Swords, Tidy Towns, Tipperary, Trim, Tuam, Worst Places, litter Tags:
Paying Household Charge at Council Offices
According to the Household Charge website – people who don’t want to register or pay online should be able to get registration forms and make payments at their local County Council or City Council offices.
See more here about the new Household Charge which is payable by all home owners from Jan 2012.
We did a quick survey of most of the County Council and City Council websites on January 6th to see if they were providing any information about the Household Charge.
We checked the council websites for Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, South County Dublin, Dublin City , Fingal , County Galway, Galway City Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow.
Some sites had no information about the Household Charge at all – Carlow , North Tipp, Offaly and Monaghan did not mention it -or if they did it was well hidden!
The majority of the Council websites had just a link direct to the Household Charge website but no other info or mention of payment or forms being available.
Two Councils had a small bit of information about the charge and a link to the Householdcharge website . (Limerick County and Killarney).
Only three sites also had links to downloadable forms – Westmeath, Wicklow and Longford.
The only council that provided any useful information and confirmed that they were issuing forms and accepting payments was Fingal County Council.
Their website informs users that Household charge registration forms are available at all Fingal County Council cash offices and reception desks in Swords & Blanchardstown, at all Fingal Libraries and at Citizens Information Centres. They also state that Registration forms can be returned and payments can be made through Fingal County Council cash offices at Grove Rd, Blanchardstown or County Hall, Swords from 9.30am to 3pm Monday to Friday. Completed forms will be forwarded by the Council to the Household Charge payment office. They even have staff in a Household Charge Team available on 01 890 6254
Well done Fingal County Council – !
Update Jan 9th - Dublin City Council now have information about accepting payments – they state on their site that anyone who wants to pay Household Charge to Dublin City Council should go to : Customer Services Centre ,Ground Floor Block 3 Civic Offices.
Cavan have added some information that Household Charge Payments will be accepted at the Rates office, Courthouse, Cavan.
Galway County Council now say that forms can be collected from Galway County Council, Aras an Chontae, Prospect Hill, Galway. Payments of Household Charge can be made bBy calling to your Local Authority office (By credit card/laser/cheque/bankdraft / or Cash)
Wexford County Council have confirmed that cash will be accepted in any of the following Wexford Local Authority Offices and together with your completed registration form will be forwarded to the Central Processing Unit in Dublin.
- Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford.
- Wexford Borough Council, Spawell Road, Wexford.
- New Ross Town Council, The Tholsel, New Ross
- Enniscorthy Town Council, Market Square, Enniscorthy.
- Gorey District Office, Civic Square, Gorey.
Categories: Ashbourne, Athenry, Athlone, Athy, Ballina, Ballina (North Tipp), Ballinasloe, Ballinrobe, Ballisodare, Ballybofey, Ballyhaunis, Boyle, Bray, Bundoran, Carlow, Carrick on Shannon, Carrick-on-Suir, Carrickmacross, Carrigaline, Cashel, Castlebar, Cavan, Clane, Claremorris, Clogherhead, Clonakilty, Clones, Clonmel, Cobh, Convoy, Cork City, Donabate, Donegal, Drogheda, Droichead Nua, Dublin, Dundalk, Dungarvan, Dunshaughlin, Edenderry, Enfield, Ennis, Enniscorthy, Enniskerry, Fermoy, Fethard, Household Charge, Ireland, Monaghan, Offaly, Oldcastle, Portarlington, Portlaoise, Portrane, Prosperous, Raphoe, Rathangan, Rathcoole, Rathnew, Ratoath, Riverstown, Roscommon, Rush, Sallins, Sixmilebridge, Skerries, Skibbereen, Sligo, Stradbally, Strandhill, Swinford, Swords, Templemore, Thurles, Tipperary, Tralee, Tramore, Trim, Tuam, Tullamore, Tullow, Waterford City, Westport, Wexford, Wicklow, Worst Places, Youghal Tags:
Unfinished Ghost Estates and the Household Charge
We are still waiting for the list of unfinished estates that will be exempt from the 2012 Household Charge.
The total number of estates is expected to be less than 1300. The Irish Independent seems to think it will be less than 300 estates.
It is important to note – that even if your house is in one of the infamous Unfinished Estates – you still need to register for the Household Charge and then claim the exemption. If you don’t register you could be fined.
If you live in a dwelling that is not permanently attached to the ground – i.e a boat or a caravan – you do not need to register it for the household tax.
More details about Household Charge and Exemptions Here
Categories: Athlone, Ballaghaderreen, Ballina, Blessington, Boyle, Bray, Carlow, Castlebar, Claremorris, Cork City, Donegal, Drogheda, Dublin, Dundalk, Edenderry, Enfield, Ennis, Galway City, Gorey, Gort, Greystones, Household Charge, Housing, Kells, Kenmare, Kilcock, Kildare, Kilkenny, Killarney, Kinnegad, Leixlip, Letterkenny, Living in Ireland, Longford, Tralee, Tramore, Travellers, Trim, Unfinished Estates, Waterford City, Westport, Wexford, Youghal Tags:
Bryan Ferry in Bray – Buy Tickets
Bryan Ferry – of Roxy Music fame will be in concert at Killruddery House near Bray in Country Wicklow this weekend . The concert is on Friday August 26th and is part of the Killruddery Festival.
Killruddery House & Gardens are situated 20 kms south of Dublin, just beyond Bray in Co. Wicklow. From the airport (Southbound) take the M1, M50 and N11.
1) From N11 take Bray/Greystones exit and follow signs for Greystones through two roundabouts. Drive 2 kms and entrance to Killruddery is at finger post signs.
2) From Bray Town take the Bray/Greystones road and follow signs from second roundabout at Bray Golf course and Ramada Woodland Court Hotel.
The Bryan Ferry concert in Killruddery will take place in the intimate and ambient open air gardens of the house which have a natural gradient and split level design lending to the intimacy of each event. Visitors to Killruddery can enjoy picnics, which are purchased on site, in the stunning gardens and explore the grounds in all their glory.
Top 15 Most Populated Towns in Ireland
The total population of Ireland at the 2006 census was 4.24 Million
Of those – 61% were living in towns or cities (2,574,313) and 39% were living in rural Ireland. (1,665,535)
Top 15 Population Figures of Irish Towns and Cities 2006 Census
1. Greater Dublin 1,045,769 24.7% of the population.
2. Cork City 190,384 (4.49%)
3. Limerick City 90,757 (2.14%)
4. Galway City 72,729 (1.72%)
5. Waterford City 49,213 (1.16%)
6. Drogheda 35,090 (0.83%)
7. Dundalk 35,085 (0.83%)
8. Swords 33,998 (0.8%)
9. Bray 31,901 (0.75%)
10. Navan 24,851 (0.59%)
11. Ennis 24,253 (0.57%)
12. Tralee 22,744 (0.54%)
13. Kilkenny 22,179 (0.52%)
14. Carlow 20,724 (0.49%)
15. Naas 20,044 ( 0.47%)
Categories: Bray, Cavan, Cork City, Drogheda, Dublin, Dundalk, Ennis, Galway City, Ireland, Kilkenny, Limerick City, Living in Ireland, Naas, Navan, People, Swords, Tralee, Waterford City Tags:
Fairtrade Towns in Ireland
The following Irish Towns had Fairtrade status at the end of 2009:
Athlone, Ballymun, Baltinglass, Bandon, Bantry, Belfast, Bray, Carlow, Cashel, Castlebar, Clonakilty, Cork, Dublin, Ennis, Galway, Greystones, Kilkenny, Kinsale, Leighlin, Limerick, Longford, Maynooth, Midleton, Mullingar, Newbridge, Newry, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Roscrea, Skibbereen, Sligo, Thurles, Tralee, Tubbercurry, Waterford, Westport, Wexford
These towns in Ireland are working towards Fairtrade town status.
Antrim, Athy, Buncrana, Cahir, Carrick On Suir, Clones, Clonmel, Dun Laoghaire, Glanmire, Gort, Leixlip, Mallow, Naas, Nenagh, Schull, Temple Bar, Templemore, Tipperary, Trim, Tuam, Tullamore, Warrenpoint, and Newcastle West
Categories: Athlone, Baltinglass, Bandon, Bantry, Bray, Carlow, Cashel, Clonakilty, Cork City, Dublin, Ennis, Galway City, Greystones, Kinsale, Limerick City, Longford, Maynooth, Midleton, Mullingar, Newbridge, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Roscrea, Skibbereen, Sligo, Thurles, Tralee, Waterford City, Westport, Wexford Tags:
IBAL Litter League Table 2010
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
Categories: Arklow, Athlone, Ballina, Best Places in Ireland, Bray, Carlow, Castlebar, Cavan, Clonmel, Cobh, Cork City, Dublin, Dundalk, Dungarvan, Ennis, Enniscorthy, Galway City, IBAL, Kildare, Kilkenny, Killarney, Leixlip, Letterkenny, Limerick City, Longford, Mallow, Midleton, Mullingar, Naas, Navan, Nenagh, New Ross, Newcastle West, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Sligo, Swords, Tipperary, Tramore, Trim, Tuam, Tullamore, Wexford, Wicklow, Worst Places, Youghal, litter Tags:
Top 20 Secondary Schools in Ireland
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,
Categories: Best Places in Ireland, Bray, Cork City, Dublin, Education, Limerick City, Living in Ireland, Naas, Schools, Thurles Tags:
Cleanest and Dirtiest Towns Ireland
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
Categories: Ashbourne, Athlone, Balbriggan, Ballina, Ballinasloe, Bantry, Best Places in Ireland, Bray, Carlow, Castlebar, Cavan, Clonmel, Cobh, Cork City, Dublin, Dundalk, Ennis, Enniscorthy, Galway City, Ireland, Killarney, Letterkenny, Limerick City, Living in Ireland, Longford, Monaghan, Mullingar, Naas, Navan, New Ross, Newbridge, Newcastle West, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Sligo, Swords, Tipperary, Tralee, Trim, Waterford City, Wexford, Wicklow, Worst Places, Youghal, litter Tags:
Cleanest and Dirtiest Towns in Ireland
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 –
Categories: Best Places in Ireland, Bray, Cavan, Cobh, Dungarvan, Ireland, Living in Ireland, Sligo, Tullamore, Worst Places Tags: litter