An Taisce give more information on controversial Limerick litter poll
Inspectors reveal when survey took place
A MAJOR inspection in which Limerick was ranked the most littered city in Ireland took place over the Riverfest weekend.
Irish Business Against Litter’s twice-yearly anti-litter league, published in July, had Limerick ranked bottom of the table in 40th place, with inspectors describing parts of the urban area as “heavily littered and neglected”.
Off the back of this, Fine Gael councillor Sarah Kiely made contact with Ibal, requesting information on when the inspectors from An Taisce were in the city.
An email, seen by the Leader, confirms these took place on the May Bank Holiday Monday, and the following day, Tuesday, May 5.
Cllr Kiely said: “To be honest with this, I don’t think it’s fair to do that to a city in the middle of a festival.”
Cllr Maria Donoghue, Independent, added: “It’s disappointing to hear we are being tripped up intentionally. The city isn’t always so untidy. I think it was an exceptional case rather than the norm."
Fellow Independent member Cllr Ursula Gavan said: "It’s strange An Taisce would do this on a bank holiday weekend when there is a festival going on. Maybe we could send a calendar of events to them next year.”
James Clune, the council’s new manager in the metropolitan district said he knew the environment and cleansing teams in the city were left “extremely disappointed” with the report.