The latest nationwide survey by business group Irish Business Against Litter shows Carrick-on-Shannon, Roscommon town and Longford town are all clean.
In the ranking of 40 towns and cities, Roscommon and Longford have improved to 16th and 25th positions respectively, with Carrick-on-Shannon in 13th.
Athlone town is placed at 22nd place,. and Tullamore is in 26th position.
The great majority of Ireland's towns were found to be clean, but two-thirds of city areas are still littered.
The latest nationwide survey by business group Irish Business Against Litter shows Carrick-on-Shannon, Roscommon town and Longford town are all clean as we enter the peak tourist season. In the ranking of 40 towns and cities, Roscommon and Longford have improved to 16th and 25th positions respectively, with Carrick-on-Shannon in 13th. The great majority of Ireland’s towns were found to be clean, but two-thirds of city areas are still littered.
An Taisce, who carry out the surveys for IBAL, commented:
“A very strong performance by Carrick on Shannon with seven out of the ten sites surveyed getting the top litter grade and just one seriously littered site. Shannonside Prom / Quay was an exceptionally good site in terms of overall presentation / maintenance and was excellent with regard to litter. All aspects of Costello Memorial Chapel were in very good order, it was spotless throughout. Other top-ranking sites included the Main Street and Quays Car Park. By far the most heavily littered site surveyed was the R280 Leitrim / Manorhamilton Approach Road – there was significant litter along the grass bank of the stream and within the water itself – this was in sharp contrast to all of the other sites surveyed in Carrick-on-Shannon.”
“A very strong result for Roscommon with seven out of the ten sites surveyed getting the top litter grade – these included Goff Street, the residential area of Hyde Court, Tesco and the two shopping streets, Goff Street and Main Street – the latter was particularly freshly presented with lovely paving, planter boxes, seating, bollards etc. The two most heavily littered sites are laneways – the laneway at Matrix Gym and Laneway to the rear of Casey’s Circle K and close to Roscommon Fire Station.
“A solid performance for Longford, with half of the sites surveyed getting the top litter grade –these included the car park at Albert Reynolds Peace Park, Mall Walk and Longford Library – the latter deserves a special mention as it was much improved on previous IBAL surveys. Some sites just missed the top litter grade e.g., Bring Facility at Market Square and Longford Bus / Train Station. The most heavily littered site surveyed was the residential area of Harbour Point.”
2023 IBAL ANTI-LITTER LEAGUE – ROUND ONE
| 1 | Maynooth | Cleaner than European Norms |
| 2 | Mallow | Cleaner than European Norms |
| 3 | Kilkenny | Cleaner than European Norms |
| 4 | Clonmel | Cleaner than European Norms |
| 5 | Ennis | Cleaner than European Norms |
| 6 | Monaghan | Cleaner than European Norms |
| 7 | Sligo | Cleaner than European Norms |
| T8 | Ballina | Cleaner than European Norms |
| T8 | Enniscorthy | Cleaner than European Norms |
| 10 | Naas | Cleaner than European Norms |
| 11 | Waterford City | Clean to European Norms |
| 12 | Cavan | Clean to European Norms |
| T13 | Bray | Clean to European Norms |
| T13 | Carrick-on-Shannon | Clean to European Norms |
| 15 | Carlow | Clean to European Norms |
| 16 | Roscommon | Clean to European Norms |
| 17 | Mullingar | Clean to European Norms |
| 18 | Dublin Airport Environs | Clean to European Norms |
| 19 | Galway City | Clean to European Norms |
| 20 | Killarney | Clean to European Norms |
| 21 | Letterkenny | Clean to European Norms |
| 22 | Athlone | Clean to European Norms |
| 23 | Portlaoise | Clean to European Norms |
| 24 | Waterford City – Ballybeg | Clean to European Norms |
| 25 | Longford | Clean to European Norms |
| 26 | Tullamore | Clean to European Norms |
| 27 | Drogheda | Clean to European Norms |
| 28 | Navan | Clean to European Norms |
| 29 | Tralee | Moderately littered |
| 30 | Ballymun | Moderately littered |
| 31 | Cork City Centre | Moderately littered |
| 32 | Mahon - Cork City | Moderately littered |
| 33 | Limerick City Centre | Moderately littered |
| 34 | Tallaght | Moderately littered |
| 35 | Limerick City South – Galvone | Moderately littered |
| 36 | Galway Inner City - Ballybane | Moderately littered |
| 37 | Dublin City Centre | Littered |
| 38 | Cork Northside | Littered |
| 39 | Dublin North Inner City | Littered |
| 40 | Dundalk | Seriously littered |
