An Taisce, who conduct the surveys on behalf of IBAL, complimented the winning town for its consistently strong performance in recent years. Photo: GettyWhile urban areas still dominate the lower reaches of the rankings, 10 of the 13 areas surveyed showed an improvement in cleanliness in 2025. “The most pleasing finding of 2025 was the progress made in socially disadvantaged areas,” Mr Horgan said. Drogheda in Co Louth was declared the most “moderately littered” town in Ireland, joined in the classification by Navan, Dublin City Centre, Athlone, Limerick City Centre and Dundalk. DroghedaThe areas labelled “littered” were Cork Northside, Ballymun in Dublin, Galway Inner City (Ballybane) and Dublin North Inner City.

Source: Irish Independent January 05, 2026 12:08 UTC