Roadside litter everywhere..

[Baron von Biffo]

Why are vehicles needed? Give them a pack of refuse bags, a picker up and a hi-vis jacket - and you have no cost service. This is not hi-tec.

Can we put them in chains as well? Can we? Pleeeeease?

[Baron von Biffo]

Throwing litter out of your vehicle *is* bad driving. Certain litter may hit a vehicle behind causing damage or obstruction to the driver's vision, or else may pose a hazard on the road.

Ok give points for throwing out fridges or 6x4 sheets of chipboard.

[EvotingMachine0197]

I took this picture only yesterday on the Wicklow Way near Knockree.

There's evidence of all night drinking parties up there, with crap being left all over the place. Quite shameful.

[charley]

I took this picture only yesterday on the Wicklow Way near Knockree.

There's evidence of all night drinking parties up there, with crap being left all over the place. Quite shameful.

its the same almost anywhere in the country, people keep dumping crap there has to be education and very visible enforcement to of litter laws to ease the situation,

[upsheflew]

This is a huge issue that's costing us millions to deal with. I would argue that while we should continue with the stick, there would simply never be enough resources to stop everyone. We need to invest in a public education programme that educates people as to the costs and consequences of lettering. And before people say this is a soft solution: I know. Bet we are where we are.

[beamish2010]

If people claim to be patriotic in this country,why the heck do they pollute this country with rubblish and litter.They have no interest in keeping the country clean and the govt and the local councils are not much better either.

In contrast to Switzerland.The Swiss people and their govt and local councils do their
best to keep their country clean ,no they are not perfect,but they do their best to keep
the problem under control and the Swiss manage it far better than we do.

The Swiss unlike us Irish have a sense of civic pride.

[sauntersplash]

The Swiss unlike us Irish have a sense of civic pride.

I think they caught that off the Nazi gold.

[Ecoguy]

In fact worse going on the evidence I saw with my own eyes on a trip to the Blessington Lakes yesterday - the amount of garbage and filth on the Lakeshore was shocking. Even vermin stop at crapping in the water they drink from

[Ecoguy]

I took this picture only yesterday on the Wicklow Way near Knockree.

There's evidence of all night drinking parties up there, with crap being left all over the place. Quite shameful.

Welcome to Ireland 2010 - things are actually getting worse in this country when it comes to a large section society who insist on distributing their own filth as far and as wide as possible. In many ways I hope we have another bad summer - a good one will mean it will be hard to find a clean bit of sand on our beaches among all the plastic rubbish

[brigg]

I took this picture only yesterday on the Wicklow Way near Knockree.

There's evidence of all night drinking parties up there, with crap being left all over the place. Quite shameful.

I passed by that exact spot this day last week, a disgusting sight in an otherwise beautiful place. All the more surprising considering the sub-zero temps we had had the preceding nights. Who sits out drinking at -7 degrees, fire or no fire?
One can only wonder at what the tourists will make of it, come the Summer months. Ireland has already got a bad rep amongst hillwalkers/backpackers because of land access issues. The last thing we need is scenes like that in one of the few places such tourists can go.