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03rd Sep 2012

New survey suggests 43 per cent of Irish towns are cleaner than EU average

A new survey has shed some light on the cleanest parts of the country with Cavan, Kilkenny and Longford all coming out on top.

Oisin Collins

A new survey has shed some light on the cleanest parts of the country with Cavan, Kilkenny and Longford all coming out on top.

Cavan, Kilkenny and Longford towns were all deemed to be the cleanest towns in the country recently in a new European survey. The results come from a survey that was conducted by Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) and it signalled a great improvement since the last survey was conducted.

The latest survey found that 76 per cent of cities and towns were found to be clean and in line with European standards.

However, the north side of Dublin’s inner city found itself at the bottom of the table once again and it was even called a litter “black spot”. It also received one of the worst results ever recorded in the survey’s ten-year history. Ouch…

All in all, Ireland is doing well at keeping our towns tidy as 43 per cent of Irish towns and cities are actually cleaner than the European average. Not too shabby, eh?

Still, you only have to look out the window to see there’s room for improvement.

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