Tallaght Improves Its Standing in IBAL Anti-Litter League
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Tallaght listed as clean to European norms in most recent IBAL Anti-Litter Survey and moves up two places in the Anti-Litter League.
Tallaght was deemed to be clean to European norms in the recent Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) Anti-Litter League report, being placed joint 22nd out of a list of 40 towns and cities surveyed across the Country.
The report stated that the high standards of previous surveys have been maintained at a number of sites in Tallaght Town Centre, Tallaght Village and Tallaght Luas Stop. Sean Walsh Memorial Park in Tallaght was singled out in the report as an excellent site however littering at one of the ponds in the park was noted.
Ireland’s principal tourist towns and cities are cleaner than ever as the peak season for visitors approaches. This is according to the latest survey by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL), which showed Dublin, Galway and Cork city centres, Kilkenny and Killarney registering record levels of cleanliness.
Litter levels were assessed in 40 towns and cities across the country by An Taisce, who found 31 of them, or 77% to be clean. This was in line with recent IBAL surveys. Kilkenny topped the rankings for the 5th time, ahead of Athlone and Killarney, and the centres of our main cities Dublin, Cork, Galway and Waterford were cleaner than previously.
“Tallaght’s positive showing in the recent IBAL anti-litter league report, having been deemed clean to European norms, is a credit to the work done on the ground by South Dublin County Council staff and the residents and business community in Tallaght. Improved Public Realm and civic spaces including tactile paving, new energy efficient public lighting, tree planting and grass cutting were all listed as adding to the cleanliness of areas throughout the town.” said Teresa Walsh, Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change in South Dublin County Council. “The Council is constantly innovating and exploring additional measures to ensure we meet and exceed our targets when it comes to tackling litter.”
IMAGE 1 – Lake at Sean Walsh Memorial Park. Listed as Grade A and excellently maintained.
IMAGE 2 - Wildlife at Sean Walsh Memorial Park, Tallaght. Park listed as Grade A and excellently maintained.
APPENDIX 1 – IBAL Anti-Litter League Summer Results 2019
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For more information, contact South Dublin County Council Communications Unit at communications@sdublincoco.ie
About South Dublin County Council
South Dublin County is one of four local authority areas in the Dublin region.
South Dublin County Council provides and funds a broad range of services including housing, roads, walking and cycling routes, parks and playgrounds, libraries, sports facilities, litter control, arts centres, enterprise units, fire services, community infrastructure and financial supports. It also serves as a platform for local democracy with 40 councillors spread across seven electoral areas.
Bounded by the River Liffey to the North and the Dublin Mountains to the South, the County lies 16 kilometres south-west of Dublin city centre and has an administrative footprint of 223sq. kilometres. The County has nine main villages Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Rathfarnham, Tallaght, Templeogue, Saggart, Rathcoole and Newcastle and is bounded by adjoining counties of Wicklow, Kildare, Dublin City, Fingal and Dún Laoghaire.
About Irish Business Against Litter
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 towns independently and in accordance with international grading standards.
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IMAGE 1 - Lake at Sean Walsh Memorial Park -
IMAGE 2 - Wildlife at Sean Walsh Memorial Park, Tallaght. Listed as Grade A and excellently maintained