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# ibal - Monday 6 January, 2020
Litter rankings: Kilkenny cleanest in Ireland while Dublin's north inner city 'seriously littered'
27 of the 40 towns and cities surveyed were deemed clean.
# ibal - Monday 26 August, 2019
Survey finds majority of Irish beaches and rivers are polluted: these are the biggest blackspots
The most common forms of litter found by the assessors were food wrappers, plastic bottles, cans and cigarette butts.
# ibal - Monday 10 June, 2019
Most tourist towns cleaner than ever... but one Dublin suburb named first litter blackspot in years
Kilkenny comes out on top in the latest cleanliness survey for the group Irish Business Against Litter.
# ibal - Monday 7 January, 2019
Fermoy declared Ireland's cleanest town
Galway City Ballybane and Dublin North Inner City came in at the bottom of the rankings, described as “seriously littered”.
# ibal - Monday 15 October, 2018
Littering in Ireland's 'neglected' urban areas is rising, according to an annual survey
Parts of Galway, Dublin and Cork were more heavily littered than in previous years.
# ibal - Monday 13 August, 2018
Litter survey finds majority of Irish rivers, beaches and harbours are polluted: here are the biggest blackspots
Just four out of 50 areas inspected were found to be clean to European standards.
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The 33rd Dáil
Week One: Ructions over the geographical spread of ministries and party in-fighting.
# ibal - Wednesday 3 January, 2018
Ennis has been declared Ireland's cleanest town
The runners up were Roscommon and last year’s winner Kildare.
# ibal - Monday 4 September, 2017
Tullamore tops rankings of Ireland's cleanest towns
Irish Business Against Litter said that overall, this year had the best result yet for Ireland in its litter survey.
# ibal - Sunday 26 February, 2017
Rivers of Buckfast bottles and human excrement in playgrounds: How can Ireland clean up its act?
We look at international solutions to dirty litter habits – and whether they would be effective here.
# ibal - Tuesday 3 January, 2017
Kildare is Ireland's cleanest town
A number of towns, including Bray, Castlebar and the cities of Dublin, Limerick and Galway are considered littered.
People trying to 'covertly evade bin charges' are making our towns and cities dirtier
A new survey says that, while most areas are generally clean, there is a “worrying slippage” in towns and cities.
# ibal - Monday 5 September, 2016
Survey reveals cleanest, and most littered, areas in Ireland
Sweet papers were the most common form of litter on our streets, followed by fast food wrappers, cigarette butts and chewing gum.
# ibal - Monday 18 August, 2014
Dublin, Cork and Limerick are the dirtiest cities in Ireland
The good news is that 75% of towns and cities were found to be as clean or cleaner than European counterparts.
# ibal - Monday 6 January, 2014
Dublin city centre achieves clean rating for the first time in 18 years
A national litter survey has found that many Irish towns and cities are cleaner than our European counterparts.
# ibal - Monday 2 September, 2013
Cavan is the cleanest town in Ireland - where does your town rank?
The results of the IBAL Anti-Litter League are out today – here are the results.
Dirty Dublin no more, as capital declared 'clean'
The Irish Business Against Litter Anti-Litter League 2013 results are out today.
# ibal - Monday 7 January, 2013
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?
Kilkenny named Ireland's cleanest town for 2012
The Marble City pips Cavan and Killarney to be named Ireland’s cleanest by Irish Business Against Litter.
Poll: Will litter blackspots affect The Gathering?
IBAL has warned that litter blackspots could tarnish the Gathering ‘experience’, despite an improvement in littering overall in Ireland. What do you think?
80% of Irish towns 'as clean' as European average
More than 80 per cent of Irish towns are clean or cleaner than the European average – but Dublin’s north inner city has been branded a blackspot.
# ibal - Monday 3 September, 2012
Poll: Have you ever personally complained to someone about littering?
An IBAL report says Ireland’s litter problem is improving – but Dublin’s north inner city and the environs of Dublin Airport are black spots.
Litter Warden: how is your town doing?
Where does your town sit on the latest IBAL Anti-Litter League? Find out here.
Tourists greeted by litter blackspots around Dublin Airport
But a new litter survey has revealed mostly positive results about the Emerald Isle.
# ibal - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
Green light given to most third level colleges graded on litter and cleanliness
Just one third-level campus has been marked as “heavily littered” following the IBAL survey.
# ibal - Monday 9 January, 2012
Update: And the winner of the cleanest town in Ireland is…
The Irish Business Against Litter group has named the outright winner among Ireland’s tidiest towns – and delivered some bad news for Dublin and Cork.
# ibal - Monday 29 August, 2011
Dublin business group says litter survey is misleading
Dublin City BID says survey highlighting Dublin as a litter black spot has led to “misleading” and “damaging” headlines today.
Killarney hailed as Ireland's cleanest town but Dublin is a "dirty black spot"
Cigarette butts, fast food wrappings and chewing gum are again the biggest sources of litter around Ireland.
# ibal - Monday 10 January, 2011
Portlaoise is Ireland's most littered town; Carlow is the tidiest
As Co Laois town named Ireland’s most littered place in IBAL League, ‘litter Twitter’ encourages public to tweet pics of blackspots to them.
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Poll: Will you be attending a pub or restaurant this weekend?
THIS IS THE first weekend since pubs and restaurants reopened for businesses on Monday.
There are strict guidelines in place for the businesses due to Covid-19 restrictions, with a time limits in place for patrons and a requirement to buy a meal if people are consuming alcohol.
TheJournal.ie visited some pubs earlier in the week to see what the ‘new normal’ is like, but will you?
Today’s poll: Will you be attending a pub or restaurant this weekend?
Poll Results:
I won't be going to either (6430)
Yes, I'll be heading to a restaurant (1266)
Yes, I'll be heading to a pub (946)
I've no bookings made but I might (720)
I hope to go to both (378)
I've made several bookings (95)
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