#Litter
This initiative is calling for people to clean up marine litter from Irish coasts this weekend
Events for the Big Beach Clean 2019 are happening around the country this weekend.
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.
Littering could literally be halved if cigarette butts weren't thrown on the ground
The 2018 National Litter Pollution Monitoring System Report has highlighted the extent of the problem
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”.
Poll: Would you challenge a randomer you saw littering in public?
Tell us; where do you stand on this?
Dublin City Council is going to spend €1.6 million to remove chewing gum
There’s a litter fine of €150 for those who throw chewing gum on the ground.
Just four dog poo fines were issued in Dublin City so far this year
Out of the four fines issued this year, just one was paid.
Poll: Should plastic bottles be banned from Irish beaches?
40% of Irish rivers, beaches and harbours were littered or heavily littered, according to a new survey.
The government is giving €200k to local councils to hold mattress amnesties
“It’s ludicrous – you have amnesties for knives and guns – not bloody mattress amnesties,” one councillor said.
'A minority spoiling it for everyone': Increase in rubbish left in Dublin and Wicklow mountains during hot spell
Volunteers who have been clearing the litter have found whole campsites left behind by people who stayed overnight.
Ireland plans to ban sale of new cars with tailpipes by 2030
The government are also exploring ways of reducing cigarette butt litter.
Government to increase on-the-spot litter fines to €250
A litter report showed that cigarettes make up half of street litter.
Illegal dumping being tackled through Eircodes investigation
Sligo County Council launched the new pilot project in March.
Plastic straws, cutlery and cotton buds could be banned across the EU
Some 500,000 tonnes of plastic waste from the EU end up in the sea every year.
Dublin City Council received 19 complaints on Friday about litter
A senator said that she was “disgusted” at images of Dublin’s canal after Friday and Saturday night.
Residents trying to reclaim Dublin park after intimidation, drug dealing and burnt out cars
One local woman says problems in the area have “got progressively worse over the years”.
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.
'There's a lack of civic respect' - Call for an end to illegal dumping
Dumping is seen around parks in the city.
This Cork village claims it could raise €19,000 per day if it fines everyone who litters
Glounthaune village sees 130 littering offences every day.
Poll: Have you ever asked someone to pick up their litter?
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
Irish beaches left covered in rubbish after thousands soaked up the sun
Broken bottles, dirty nappies, discarded shoes, towels and backpacks were left behind on a Cork beach.
Residents hit out at 'disgusting' illegal dumping in Dolphin's Barn
“Some people just put rubbish on the street because they know the council will come and take it away.”
Local councils are getting help to rid dog poo from our streets
Not picking up after your dog can land you with a fine of up to €150.
Drones to be used in crackdown on illegal dumping
Minister Denis Naughten is to launch the new project in Galway on Monday
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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.
'There is no deterrent': Less than a third of Dublin litter fines actually get paid
“The council don’t appear to give the issue of illegal dumping the attention it deserves,” one councillor said.
Kildare is Ireland's cleanest town
A number of towns, including Bray, Castlebar and the cities of Dublin, Limerick and Galway are considered littered.
How this Dublin suburb managed to become the cleanest area in Ireland
Well over half of its area is completely unpolluted by litter, well ahead of its nearest competitors.
Dublin could be getting 800 new solar-powered smart rubbish bins
The bins compact the litter so they can hold more.
Honesty poll: Have you littered in the past month?
There has been an increase in the number of areas surveyed deemed to be litter free from 12.3% in 2014 to 16.4% in 2015.
Cigarettes and chewing gum are still the biggest litter problems in Ireland
Those who litter have been urged to exercise personal responsibility.
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.
6 essential rules that every Irish person should follow
Don’t sit beside me if there are other free seats on the bus. Just don’t do it.
Is Dublin City Council doing enough to clean up the city?
“To suggest … that Dublin City Council is complacent fails to recognise the scale of the challenge.”
Is Ireland a 'genuinely filthy nation'?
We’re fond of saying that, when the sun shines, there is nowhere in the world more beautiful than Ireland… But what about our growing litter problem?
Plastic bags are still damaging the environment
Research has found that plastic litter can smother marine life in just nine weeks.
Dublin 8 resident loses the rag with litter dumping neighbours
They’ve had enough.
Dublin’s north inner city is a lot cleaner and no longer a litter blackspot
85% of our towns and cities were clean to European norms last year
Did you add to last night's Halloween litter? This Senator wants you to be fined...a LOT
“Everybody is fed up with littering on our streets and at Halloween it happens on an industrial scale.”
Poll: Do you think community service should be given for less serious crimes?
Rather than blocking up the prisons with less serious offenders would community service be a more viable option?
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