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Tralee Classed As ‘Moderately Littered’ In Latest IBAL Report

Tralee Classed As ‘Moderately Littered’ In Latest IBAL Report

June 26, 2023 at 1:15 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE has lost its Clean To European Norms’ status in the latest IBAL Anti-Litter League, Survey. Tralee is now place 29th out of the 40 towns / cities surveyed and is classed as ‘Moderately Littered’ in the An Taisce report. Killarney is place 20th in the table and is ‘Clean […]

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Nearly 250 Litter Complaints Investigated In Tralee Municipal District In 2022

Nearly 250 Litter Complaints Investigated In Tralee Municipal District In 2022

March 14, 2023 at 11:11 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council received 720 litter complaints and issued 109 litter fines during 2022 and from these, 13 prosecutions were instigated in 2022. Of these, 246 complaints were investigated in the Tralee Muncipal District with 35 on-the-spot fines issued under the Litter Pollution Acts and four convictions. The figures were revealed […]

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Cllrs Say Funding For Keeping Greenway Clean Must Come From Central Government

Cllrs Say Funding For Keeping Greenway Clean Must Come From Central Government

September 10, 2021 at 9:09 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEE MD councillors said funding must be provided for cleaning up litter on the Tralee-Fenit Greenway when it opens next year. At the meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday, About Cllr Terry O’Brien asked could the Council  establish a routine to ensure that the walk […]

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New Campaign Aims To Stamp Out Litter On Kerry’s Beaches

New Campaign Aims To Stamp Out Litter On Kerry’s Beaches

June 8, 2021 at 2:11 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council is encouraging anyone visiting the county’s beaches this summer to ‘Give Your Litter A Lift’ and to ensure that coastal areas remain free of litter over the coming months. The local authority will be increasing the number of litter bins available at beaches across the county but […]

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428 Litter Cases Investigated In Tralee Last Year But No Convictions

428 Litter Cases Investigated In Tralee Last Year But No Convictions

March 16, 2021 at 12:03 pm Comments are Disabled

  LAST year, Kerry County Council received 1,042 litter complaints, issued 93 litter fines and six prosecutions were instigated. At the online meeting of Kerry County Council on Monday, the Council Litter Pollution Report for 2020 was issued to members. In the Tralee area last year, there were 428 litter […]

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Fast Food Littering And Derelict Sites Damaging Town’s Image Says Councillor

Fast Food Littering And Derelict Sites Damaging Town’s Image Says Councillor

September 5, 2017 at 4:30 pm Comments are Disabled

PEOPLE dumping fast food packaging and the poor state of derelict sites in town is letting the town down, according to councillors who were reacting to the news that Tralee was placed 33rd in the latest Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) league table on Monday. Their disappointment was expressed at […]

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Tralee Drops To 33rd Place In IBAL League

September 4, 2017 at 10:02 am Comments are Disabled

  TRALEE has slipped to 33rd place out of 40 towns and cities in the latest survey of towns in Ireland by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) and is deemed  ‘moderately littered’. Killarney was placed 8th in the league and is again  “Cleaner than European Norms”. It continued […]

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Mayor Calls On Public To Report People Illegally Dumping Around Town

Mayor Calls On Public To Report People Illegally Dumping Around Town

May 9, 2017 at 3:03 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Mayor of Tralee has called on the people of Tralee to show pride in their town and report people who are seen dumping rubbish illegally in town. Cllr Terry O’Brien was speaking at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday after the council received a […]

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PHOTOS: Disgraceful Dumping On Grounds Of The Mart

PHOTOS: Disgraceful Dumping On Grounds Of The Mart

July 2, 2015 at 11:36 am Comments are Disabled

A LARGE amount of refuse waste has been found dumped in an area of Tralee and has caused outrage amongst local volunteers who are part of the extensive clean up efforts taking place here in the town. The waste was found near the back of the Mart in Mounthawk. Team […]

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Kerry County Council buildings in Rathass.

Councillors Call For Hardline Approach To Illegal Dumpers

March 10, 2015 at 12:44 pm Comments are Disabled

  COUNCILLORS called for a hardline approach to illegal dumpers after it emerged that the Council investigated 509 cases of pollution last year, according to a report presented at the monthly meeting of the local authority on Monday. In a report on litter pollution in the county given by Liam Quinlan of […]

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Tralee Slips In Latest Litter Survey But Is Still ‘Clean To European Norms’

Tralee Slips In Latest Litter Survey But Is Still ‘Clean To European Norms’

January 5, 2015 at 10:16 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEE has slipped in the latest Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey where it is now ranked in 25th place. In 2013, Tralee achieved 9th place in the table – which is made up of towns and cities – and was deemed “Cleaner than European Norms”. Now though, it is  “Clean […]

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