Monday, 7 January 2008
Dundalk announced as cleanest town in Ireland in Litter League
Dundalk was announced as the cleanest town in Ireland at an awards ceremony in
Dublin today. In the 2007 survey of litter levels in 50 towns and cities by Irish
Business Against Litter (IBAL), Dundalk pipped Cavan as the overall winner of the
league for 2007. Both were among 22 towns to be classed as “litter-free”. The
winning town received a special plaque from Dr Tom Cavanagh, Chairman of IBAL.
“These results show that we have almost reached the target we set in 2002 to make
Irish towns as clean as their European counterparts,” comments IBAL Chairman Dr
Tom Cavanagh. “Despite increased urbanisation, there is no doubt that our towns are
becoming a cleaner place to live and work in. In 2002, we had just 2 towns achieving
‘litter-free status’ and we now have 22. It’s the 8 towns graded ‘seriously littered’ or
worse that need to be targeted”.
An Taisce, in its report on Dundalk, commented: “Nine out of ten sites surveyed got
the top litter rating and all of the approach routes into Dundalk were excellent.
Dundalk stands out for the consistent cleanliness of its environs, from the approach
roads to the main streets and municipal areas”.
The IBAL Anti Litter League is the largest ever litter survey conducted in Ireland,
with all areas of over 6,000 population covered over the course of the year, ensuring
that the areas covered, have an overall population of close to 2 million people. Sites
are graded by An Taisce according to international standards.
According to IBAL, it is the transparency and competitiveness of its ‘Name and
Shame’ approach that has spurred local government into action on litter.
-ENDSFor further information contact Claire or Dawn in Cullen Communications.
Tel 01 6689099/ 087 7819 375 / 087 215 6942 or
dburke@cullenencommunications.ie
Editors note:
Set up in 1996, Irish Business Against Litter is 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.
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Area
Dundalk
Cavan
Fermoy
Trim
Killarney
Monaghan
Carlow
Galway City
Youghal
Bray
Letterkenny
Ballina
Naas
Roscommon
Thurles
Drogheda
Athy
Waterford City
Midleton
Wexford
Arklow
Castlebar
Swords
Ballinasloe
Maynooth
Kilkenny
Greystones
Tralee
Portlaoise
Gorey
Ennis
Leixlip
Longford
Limerick City
Cobh
Clonmel
Dungarvan
Wicklow
Tullamore
Mullingar
Newbridge
Navan
Athlone
Dun Laoghaire
Cork City
Enniscorthy
Mallow
Tallaght
Nenagh
Sligo
Status
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Litter Free”
“Moderately Littered”
“Moderately Littered”
“Moderately Littered”
“Moderately Littered”
“Moderately Littered”
“Moderately Littered”
“Moderately Littered”
“Moderately Littered”
“Moderately Littered”
“Moderately Littered”
“Moderately Littered”
“Moderately Littered”
“Moderately Littered”
“Moderately Littered”
“Littered”
“Littered”
“Littered”
“Littered”
“Littered”
“Littered”
“Seriously Littered”
“Seriously Littered”
“Seriously Littered”
“Seriously Littered”
“Litter Blackspot”
“Litter Blackspot”
“Litter Blackspot”
“Litter Blackspot”