Dear dirty Dublin

"I feel a ton better since I landed again in dear dirty Dublin." said Ignatius Gallaher in James Joyce's Dubliners, published back in 1914. Nearly a century later Ignatius would still be well in himself at home in dirty Dublin.

Dublin has come out as the dirtiest city in a survey of popular European cities out today.
Dublin the capital of Ireland fares worst in the survey of popular urban tourist destinations by An Taisce and the Irish Business Against Litter organisation (IBAL).
Much of Dublin city centre itself was found to be quite clean, but some tourist areas like Christchurch, Croke Park and the streets around the Guinness Hop House were found to have serious litter problems.
Dr Tom Cavanagh, chairman of the IBAL, said that the situation was "unacceptable" and that the litter was having a detrimental effect on business investment.
"Dublin is a thriving, modern European city with a global reputation, a very high cost of living but a chronic litter problem, businesses in particular are not being held accountable for the litter outside their premises as the Litter Act states, and we call on the Minister for the Environment to address this along with the Dublin city manager. Enforcement does not add to the cost."

In September, the on-the-spot fine for those caught littering in the Irish capital increased from Euro 125 to Euro 150.
At the time, Environment Minister John Gormley said that the move would send out a clear message that Government ministers were serious about tacking litter problems in the country.
IBAL is blaming the situation on a failure to enforcement litter laws and fines.
The other cities examined included Riga, Vienna, Strasbourg, Cologne, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Zurich, Stockholm and Amsterdam. Overall, the Latvian capital was deemed to be the cleanest city surveyed.
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