Listen: 2 Kildare Towns Ranked In Top 10 Cleanest Towns In Ireland.

Two Kildare towns have been ranked in the top ten cleanest towns in Ireland, according to the latest Irish Business Against Litter survery.

Ballymun in Dublin is the worst litter blackspot in the country.

The latest Irish Business Against Litter survey shows Kilkenny sparkles as the cleanest city nationwide.

Litter levels rose in 24 of the 37 towns and cities inspected at the end of 2020, with only 17 being deemed to be clean.

These include Newbridge in 9th place, and Maynooth, in 10th.

IBAL spokesperson, Conor Horgan says Kilkenny had stiff competition to claim the top spot:

The An Taisce report for Newbridge stated: “Another excellent performance by Newbridge solidifies its place among our cleanest towns. Over half the sites surveyed got the top litter grade. The town centre shopping and adjoining laneway sites all scored very well in Newbridge e.g. Main Street, Edward Street, George’s Street and Limerick Lane.  Newbridge Train Station and R445 Curragh Approach Road just missed getting the top litter grade – not much effort is required to achieve this.  By far the most heavily littered site was Langton Road – this approach road had accumulations of ‘long-lie’ litter, much of it alcohol related, at the base of low lying shrubbery.”

The An Taisce report for Maynooth stated: “Some slippage after a great result last summer, but Maynooth has again done very well to claim a top ten spot in the rankings. Seven out of the ten sites surveyed got the top litter grade.  These included the approach roads, residential area of Moyglare Meadow, Main Street and historic site of ‘Maynooth Pound’ – these were not just good with regard to litter but well presented and maintained.  By far the most heavily littered site was the Recycle Facility at Aldi – huge volumes of bottles and other miscellaneous items had been discarded to the rear of the units.”

2020 IBAL ANTI-LITTER LEAGUE – FINAL RESULT