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
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Litter problems in some Irish Towns
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
Categories: Arklow, Athlone, Balbriggan, Buncrana, Carlow, Cork City, Dublin, Ennis, Galway City, Gorey, Ireland, Killarney, Limerick City, Living in Ireland, Longford, Mallow, Naas, Nenagh, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Swords, Trim, Waterford City, Wexford, Youghal, litter Tags:
Top Ten Cleanest Places in Ireland June 2008
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.
Categories: Best Places in Ireland, Clonmel, Dundalk, Dungarvan, Ennis, Fermoy, Greystones, Ireland, Letterkenny, Living in Ireland, Thurles Tags:
Carcinogens in Drinking Water Supply
The following Irish towns have levels of THM’s which are above the current standard in the Drinking Water Regulations. These standards are being made more strict from Dec 2008 – to 100 migro grams per litre – so these water supplies will be well above the safe levels unless something is done to rectify things. The politicians seem to be keeping quiet about this recent news from the Irish EPA )Environmental Protection Agency) .
Ennis
Ennistymon
Ballintra
Ballinasloe
Gort
Inishere
Killimor
Kinvara
Loughrea
Roundstone
Spiddal
Dingle
Clogh-Castlecomer
Inistioge
Mountmellick
Kiltimagh
East Meath
Trim
Killarney
THMs are Cancer Group B carcinogens (shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals). Trichloromethane (chloroform) is by far the most common in most water systems. Dibromochloromethane is the most serious cancer risk, (0.6 ug/l to cause a 10-6 cancer risk increase) followed in order by Bromoform (4 ug/l), and Chloroform (6 ug/l).
Categories: An Daingean, Castlecomer-Donaguile, Ennis, Gort, Ireland, Killarney, Living in Ireland, Loughrea, Trim Tags: epa, kiltimagh, thm, water
Muslims in Ireland
The 2006 census figures show that Muslims in Ireland make up 0.767% of the population. (32539 out of a total population of 4239848)
A breakdown of religions was carried out on the Irish towns with more than 5000 people.
Of all these towns – Cavan Town has the highest percentage of Muslims in Ireland – 3.2% of the population of Cavan Town stated they were Muslims.
Top 10 Irish towns for Muslims (over 5000 population)
Cavan 3.2%
Killarney 2.95%
Ballinasloe 2.32%
Tralee 2.3%
Ennis 2.03%
Roscommon 1.87%
Balbriggan 1.75%
Portlaoise 1.67%
Castlebar 1.62%
Tullamore 1.6%
The towns with the least Muslims in Ireland are:
Dunboyne 0.035% (just 2 out of 5713)
Buncrana .068%
Youghal 0.088%
Birr 0.098%
Categories: Balbriggan, Ballinasloe, Birr, Buncrana, Castlebar, Cavan, Census, Ennis, Ireland, Killarney, Living in Ireland, People, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Tralee, Youghal Tags:
Balbriggan has highest percentage of Africans
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)
Categories: Athy, Balbriggan, Drogheda, Dundalk, Ennis, Kilkenny, Living in Ireland, Navan Tags:
Population Figures Ireland Census 2006
The total population of Ireland at the 2006 census was 4,239,848
Sixty one percent live in towns or cities (2,574,313) and thirty nine percent live in rural Ireland. (1,665,535)
1,045,769 people live in Greater Dublin – 24.7% of the population.
Limerick City 90757 (2.14%)
Galway City 72729 (1.72%)
Waterford City 49213 (1.16%)
Drogheda 35090 (0.83%)
Dundalk 35085 (0.83%)
Swords 33998 (0.8%)
Bray 31901 (0.75%)
Navan 24851 (0.59%)
Ennis 24253 (0.57%)
Tralee 22744 (0.54%)
Kilkenny 22179 (0.52%)
Carlow 20724 (0.49%)
Naas 20044 ( 0.47%)
Categories: Bray, Carlow, Cork City, Drogheda, Dundalk, Ennis, Galway City, Kilkenny, Limerick City, Naas, Swords, Tralee, Waterford City Tags: