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A woman was this week convicted at Ballina District Court for littering after her social welfare documents were found among a large amount of litter dumped in Carramore Lacken, Ballina.

A litter charge brought against a Ballina man was dismissed this week after CCTV footage only identified the registered owner of a car seen in the vicinity, but the actual identification of the litterer was not proven beyond reasonable doubt.

Having to spend up to €1.4 million on clearing litter each year, Westmeath County Council adopted its third litter management plan last week.

Nowhere is out of bounds for illegal dumping it transpired this week after a pedestrian alleyway in Castlebar was noted as a new location preferred by those off-loading rubbish.

A man and woman before Ballina District Court this week on litter charges were given the opportunity by Judge Mary Devins to escape a fine, if instead they cleaned up “their own filth”.

Community groups planning to undertake a clean-up in their area are being advised to contact the council’s environment section to avail of assistance.

A woman who threw a cigarette butt from her car has been fined €300 at a recent sitting of Mullingar District Court.

Ballina and Castlebar have ranked exceedingly low in an Irish Business Against Litter League — in fact, the Mayo towns were the worst in Connacht in the Anti-Litter League results which were released this week.

Kilkenny is a significant part of our heritage and as a tourist destination should aim to be closer to the top — that was the opinion of An Taisce following recent revelations in the Irish Business Against Litter survey, which saw Kilkenny placed 22nd in the list of clean towns and cities in the country.

Chairman of Athlone Tidy Towns, John Butler, has reacted angrily to Athlone’s poor performance in the latest Irish Businesses Against Litter (IBAL) rankings, saying the report is a “cynical exercise” which fails to take into account the work done by Tidy Towns over the summer months.