IBAL Litter League 2012: Where did your town finish?

Kilkenny has been named Ireland’s most litter-free town by Irish Business Against Litter. Did your town feature highly?

07/01/13 17,555 Views 45 Comments

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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

Kilkenny
Cavan
Killarney
Ballina
Castlebar
Trim
Longford
Buncrana
Fermoy
Clonmel
Dun Laoghaire
Tramore
Wexford
Drogheda
Galway City
Youghal
Swords
Tullamore
Bray
Waterford City
Naas
Cobh

Clean to European Norms

Mullingar
Sligo
Kildare
Athlone
Ennis
Dublin Airport Environs
Roscommon
Tallaght
Monaghan
Portlaoise
Navan
Tralee
Tipperary

Moderately littered

Cork City
Dundalk
Limerick City
Carlow
Dublin City
Maynooth

Littered

(No towns earned this grade in 2012.)

Seriously Littered

(No towns earned this grade in 2012.)

Litter Blackspot

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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james doyle 07/01/13 #

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So Kilkenny is a town?because everyone I know from Kilkenny swears it’s a city

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- Gerard 07/01/13 #
  
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  Been telling them for years it’s only a town.
  
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- Maurice Wrenn 08/01/13 #
  
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  There are towns bigger then Kilkenny
  
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Hannelie O'Connor 07/01/13 #

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Towns might be litter free, but go for a cycle or walk in the countryside you’ll notice the ditches are filled with all types of rubbish thrown out of cars.

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- Keith Banks 07/01/13 #
  
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  people who do that kinda stuff… there should be a reward for turning them in to the cops.. dirtbirds
  
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Bilbo Baggins 07/01/13 #

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Id say one of the biggest problems in towns is dog crap. Although the blame lies with the ignorant owners councils need to put up more bins for it, employ someone to collect the bins and dispose of it. And use the laws that are already there to fine people on the spot who are seen not to clean up after their dog. The revenue would probably pay for it..

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Enda Quinn 07/01/13 #

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Ah Maynooth the state of ya, why can’t you be more like Kilkenny?

Ah well I suppose a town with a main street with seven take aways on it can’t expect too much:(

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- Lynda Byrne 07/01/13 #
  
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  Feckin students..
  
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Les Rock 07/01/13 #

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Living in Maynooth i know why. The lad night bars and clubs open 4weekday nights. The place looks like a bomb site the next day. Empty fast food packaging and broken glass everywhere. Some students have the manners of pigs and their attitude ain’t much better. I went to college here myself and the difference in the students since i finished 4 years ago is unreal.

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Paddy Murray 07/01/13 #

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If they go ahead and remove local towns councils the litter issue is going to grow out of control.
Here in Midleton the local lads working for the council do an amazing job every day keeping the town looking great. Well done to Kilkenny City

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- MVM 07/01/13 #
  
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  No it won’t that’s a private company that cleans streets and emptys bins,not they they do a good job the lazy sh1ts
  
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- Paddy Murray 07/01/13 #
  
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  No it’s not. It is local lads employed by the town council on back to work schemes and so on.
  
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- MVM 07/01/13 #
  
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  Wrong the private company in wicklow gets 200k a year to keep it which they don’t..noone is employed from the back to work scheme
  
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- Paddy Murray 07/01/13 #
  
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  MVM if you read my comment I said Midleton not Wicklow. The guys here actually enjoy it and I know for a fact the whole town is delighted with there work. Maybe it’s something Wicklow should look at.
  
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- MVM 07/01/13 #
  
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  My apologys,I taught you ment Middleton in the uk..something good came of it tho I imagined it would be the same in every town,we should definitely be doing it your way up here it sounds a credit to the town
  
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robscanlon 07/01/13 #

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Did they measure the stench of urine in the street of Kilkenny?

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- Reginald's Tower 07/01/13 #
  
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  Waterford city & Galway city, the two tidiest & the two nicest cities in Ireland. Good stuff!
  
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pip white 07/01/13 #

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I don’t know how Drogheda got 14th place. The amount of dog sh!t around the place is disgusting!

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terayon100 07/01/13 #

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Up the Deise! Top 20, above norm, go on ya good thing!

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Declan Mcgee 07/01/13 #

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Clonmel can’t be cleaner than European norm’s as it’s cover in dog shit, you can’t walk for more than a minute without seeing yet another dog shit on the footpath. Dog oweners are dirty feckers

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- Diarmuid O'Keeffe 07/01/13 #
  
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  Have to agree with you there Dec! Clonmel may not have a litter problem but it sure has a dog owner problem!
  
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John Mooney 07/01/13 #

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In Newbridge you have the Dog Pooh Trail ….

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Michael O'Reilly 07/01/13 #

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Absolute nonsense! They obviously only looked at the seafront in Bray…the rest of the town is like a Dump!

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Joanne MaibenNeilson 07/01/13 #

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Trim is full of dog poo as my pram wheels will prove. Also glass all over the place.

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finners_99 07/01/13 #

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Great to see Tullamore moving up the table fair play to the local for getting it cleaned up.

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Cian Doherty 07/01/13 #

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You’d think people I’m the north inner city would have a little more pride in their area, what a shame.

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- Paul Keenan 08/01/13 #
  
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  It doesn’t help when the local bins are full for days and then instead of being emptied, are removed.
  
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Brian Horgan 07/01/13 #

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Northside Dublin is a litter black spot. No surprise there. Best avoided.

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- DB 07/01/13 #
  
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  Why is north side city a black spot what are the factors in this been the case?
  
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- Simon Carroll 07/01/13 #
  
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  According to the news earlier at 1 o’clock it is because of the big sites owened by NAMA, IFSC and a few other large corporations I can’t remember off hand that illigal dumpiing happens and these corporations do not bother to do anything about it, It is not your average path.
  
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- Colin Murphy 07/01/13 #
  
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  Indeed. You can’t polish a turd.
  
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Eoin Faz 08/01/13 #

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Dun Laoghaire looks clean at #11, but that doesn’t count the fact that the place is full of skangers and junkies!

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Stanley Groves 07/01/13 #

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Well done Fermoy, in the Top Ten cleanest

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Garrett O' Brien 07/01/13 #

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Sounds like a lot of PR to me because I know for a fact that Swords (listed as above European norms) is a filthy disgrace.

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- Paul O'Connor 07/01/13 #
  
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  As one of the largest towns in Ireland it is kept remarkable clean and i am not surprised its above eu standards.
  
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Hugh Gaffney 07/01/13 #

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ballina is a kip!!!!

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MVM 07/01/13 #

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@ Gavin,where’s wicklow??

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- Norman Hunter 07/01/13 #
  
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  Near Dublin on the east coast.Hope that helps.
  
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- John Kennedy 07/01/13 #
  
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  bray is in wicklow ????
  
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- Lynda Byrne 07/01/13 #
  
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  Can’t stop laughing at Norman’s comment hahaha…
  
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Kevin O'Sullivan 07/01/13 #

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What was last years final results?

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Kevin O'Sullivan 07/01/13 #

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That Phil Hogan fella up to his dirty tricks again I see. Waterford 20th in the Little League while Kilkenny tops the board. Is there no ends this man wont go to damage Waterford?? Disgraceful I tell you.

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Kris Willetts 07/01/13 #

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Where is Mallow on the List? Beaten by Fermoy – must be because of all the dog poo in mallow!

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Ian Mac Eochagáin 08/01/13 #

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Those ‘European norms’ don’t mean much if they are an EU average, taking into account the litter situation in such member states as Bulgaria.

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Kris Willetts 07/01/13 #

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Where

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