Galway is cleanest city in Ireland again

GALWAY has been named the cleanest city in the country, achieving a litter-free status and top ranking in the latest survey results published by the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) alliance.After a shaky start last year, when the city was identified as being 'moderately littered’, Galway has now cleaned up its act and has the tidiest streets of the country’s five major cities.Galway now ranks 8th overallin the ranking of the 55 largest urban areas throughout the country – maintaining the position it also held at the end of 2007.The judges who visited the city noted a number of major improvements in areas such as the entrance to Merlin Park Hospital, and noted that the areas around GMIT, Ballybrit Industrial Estate, the Renmore Sports Grounds and a number of ...