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The litter free campuses of NUI Galway and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology have been held up as a model for those responsible for keeping public places clean to follow, that is according to the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) which launched its 2012 Litter League this week.

Ballyglass Community Council has entered the village in the 2012 Litter League which commences in this month and runs until September. They have also entered a project in the Cleaner Community Campaign under the Environmental Endeavour Category.

The first Castlebar Tidy Towns Good Friday clean up takes place on Friday April 6 from 10am until noon, assembling at SuperValu, Castlebar.

Mullingar has been declared ‘clean to European norms’ in the latest Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) Litter League, announced on Monday.

Athlone has been declared ‘clean to European norms’ in the latest Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) Litter League, announced on Monday.

Castlebar and Ballina rank 11th and 16th respectively in the 2011 survey of litter levels in 53 towns and cities by Irish Business Against Litter. Both the towns, which are classed as Clean to European Norms, were also awarded a Sustained Excellence award for being litter free for five years in a row.

The manager of a hotel was convicted at Castlebar District Court this week for littering after advertising flyers for the hotel were found placed on a windscreen of a car in Castlebar.

To combat litter offences at glass bottle bring banks, the Galway City Council will be erecting signs highlighting the use of CCTV around such facilities.

A Ballina man was convicted and fined for littering at his Ballina home.

A 29-year-old man was convicted of illegal dumping during this week’s sitting of Ballina District Court.