KILKENNY HAS BEEN named Ireland’s most litter-free town for 2012, taking the title from 2011 champion Trim.

The title follows a year-long audit of 44 towns and urban areas around the country, grading each based on the condition of its urban areas and the quantity of litter there.

The following is the final ranking for 2012. How did your town do?

Cleaner than European Norms

1. Kilkenny
2. Cavan
3. Killarney
4. Ballina
5. Castlebar
6. Trim
7. Longford
8. Buncrana
9. Fermoy
10. Clonmel
11. Dun Laoghaire
12. Tramore
13. Wexford
14. Drogheda
15. Galway City
16. Youghal
17. Swords
18. Tullamore
19. Bray
20. Waterford City
21. Naas
22. Cobh

Clean to European Norms

1. Mullingar
2. Sligo
3. Kildare
4. Athlone
5. Ennis
6. Dublin Airport Environs
7. Roscommon
8. Tallaght
9. Monaghan
10. Portlaoise
11. Navan
12. Tralee
13. Tipperary

Moderately littered

1. Cork City
2. Dundalk
3. Limerick City
4. Carlow
5. Dublin City
6. Maynooth

Littered

• (No towns earned this grade in 2012.)

Seriously Littered

• (No towns earned this grade in 2012.)

Litter Blackspot

1. North Inner City Dublin

Read: 80% of Irish towns ‘as clean’ as European average

Poll: Will litter blackspots affect The Gathering?

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