"Another excellent result" for Tullamore in latest litter rankings
Lloyd Town Park in Tullamore has been described as “a gem” in the latest litter survey by business group, Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) which found seven of the ten sites surveyed across Offaly's capital town achieving Grade A status.
Axis Business Park on the Clara Road, which is home to a number of local businesses, was found to be “exceptionally freshly presented and well maintained” while Market Square in the centre of Tullamore was also attractively presented and well maintained “with a virtual absence of litter throughout” on the day of the judge's inspection.
Other parts of the town to be singled out for special mention in the latest IBAL report include Main Street, which was found to have some “lovely features” such as colourful tiered planter boxes, attractive paving and trees looking “very autumnal.”
In relation to Lloyd Town Park, the IBAL inspectors found all aspects of the park to be “in very good order” and concluded that it clearly is “a very well respected park environment.”
Tullamore retained its status as being 'Cleaner than European Norms' and for the third time in a row the town has achieved a top ten finish, moving up from a 7th place ranking in June of last year to a 5th place finish in the latest survey. The judges described Tullamore's ranking as “another excellent result.”
The 5th place finish is a significant improvement on the mid-year survey for 2024 which ranked Tullamore in 19th place, and the end of year survey for 2023 when the town achieved a 23rd place ranking from the 40 towns and cities surveyed.
While other Midlands towns, including Portlaoise and Mullingar, retained their 'Clean to European Norms' status, the presence of four “heavily littered sites” in Athlone saw the Westmeath town lost its clean status and move into the 'Moderately Littered' category.
An Taisce, who carry out the litter survey of 40 Irish town and cities on behalf of IBAL, said the “Moderately Littered” ranking for Athlone prevented “a clean sweep for the Midlands” in relation to its clean status.