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The latest litter survey by business group Irish Business Against Litter ((IBAL) shows Galway City in ninth spot in the ranking of 40 towns and cities. Ballybane, however, is still ‘littered’ in 39th. Sligo finished atop the IBAL table for the first time in a study which showed that city areas in particular cleaned up in 2025.

The latest survey of a selection of the country’s coastal and inland waterways has seen two Galway beaches singled out for criticism, with Dog’s Bay in particular landing close to the bottom of the league table due to ongoing problems with litter at the popular bathing spot.

The latest survey from business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) reveals Galway City Centre is ‘Cleaner than European Norms’ in 10th spot in the ranking of 40 towns and cities across Ireland, a rise of one position on last year. Meanwhile, Ballybane is again littered towards the foot of the table.

The latest survey from business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) reveals Galway City Centre is ‘Cleaner than European Norms’ in 10th spot in the ranking of 40 towns and cities across Ireland, a rise of one position on last year. Meanwhile, Ballybane is again littered towards the foot of the table.

A fall in plastic bottles and cans on the streets, brought about by the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), was not enough to reduce overall litter levels in Ireland last year. That is the finding of business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL), whose latest survey of 40 towns and cities shows Galway city centre is “cleaner than European norms”.

The annual nationwide survey by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) of beaches and harbours has shown Salthill to have improved to ‘Clean to European Norms’, while Lough Rea is again ‘littered’. Dog’s Bay beach has improved to ‘moderately littered’.

The final survey of 2021 by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) shows Ballina falling six places to 19th spot in the ranking of 40 towns and cities, but retaining its Clean status.

Galway city needs to look at its litter management plan if it is to reverse the trend that has this week seen it lose its Clean City status in the latest IBAL anti-litter league.

by Declan Varley

While the majority of our beaches and harbours are falling short of clean status, Old Head in Mayo is ‘clean to European norms’. That’s according to a nationwide litter survey by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL).