CAVAN HAS BEEN named as the cleanest town in Ireland, according to the latest IBAL Anti-Litter League survey.

It took the title from last year’s winner, Kilkenny.

Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) surveyed 42 towns and cities around the country from January of this year, taking detailed photographic evidence of each site that was surveyed.

The results, out today, show that while parts of Ireland are getting cleaner – including the Capital – problems with rubbish and dumping still remain.

Below are this year’s results. Where does your town or city rank?

Cleaner than European Norms

1 Cavan

2 Kilkenny

3 Waterford City

4 Killarney

5 Longford

6 Roscommon

7 Clonmel

8 Fermoy

9 Wexford

10 Tramore

11 Tullamore

12 Tralee

13 Maynooth

14 Dublin City

15 Dun Laoghaire

16 Bray

17 Drogheda

18 Swords

19 Newbridge

Clean to European Norms

20 Letterkenny

21 Naas

22 Limerick City

23 Cork City

24 Carlow

25 Leixlip

26 Shandon/Blackpool

27 Dublin Airport Environs

28 Sligo

29 Dundalk

30 Tallaght

31 Athlone

Moderately littered

32 Midleton

33 Galway City

34 Ballina

35 Castlebar

36 Portlaoise

37 Tipperary

38 Navan

Littered

39 Mullingar

40 Ennis

41 Monaghan

No towns/cities were deemed to be seriously littered

Litter Blackspot

42 Dublin Inner City (North)

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