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Galway city will once again be joining the Irish Business Against Litter in its annual anti-litter league campaign.

Athlone has retained the ‘clean’ title it earned in last year’s Anti-Litter League; however the latest report reveals that some sites are still plagued by chewing gum, litter, and rubbish dumping.

The latest survey in the Anti-Litter League by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) shows Ballina and Castlebar have both lost their cleaner than European norms status in this round, with both now classed as moderately littered. Of 42 towns and cities surveyed this summer, Ballina and Castlebar have dropped from fourth and fifth place respectively to 34th and 35th. IBAL has warned that vacant properties in towns are a growing concern, despite continued progress on litter nationwide.

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.

Athlone and Mullingar are to face stiffer competition in this year’s IBAL Anti-Litter League, after 11 new additions were made to the list of towns to be assessed. The new additions, announced by Minister for the Environment John Gormley this week, bring the total areas to be surveyed for litter levels to 60.