# Rubbish
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Last year
2023
Rubbish
DCC votes to keep Local Property Tax at mimimum despite claims of 'dirty, smelly' streets
3 Oct 2023
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Rubbish
Two thirds of general waste could've been recycled or composted, EPA finds
22 Sep 2023
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Rubbish
Boris Johnson accuses Rishi Sunak of ‘talking rubbish’ in row over UK honours list
12 Jun 2023
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All time
clean oceans
New pilot scheme will collect old fishing gear to reduce waste in Irish seas
8 Jun 2022
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recycling
Urgent action needed over 'worryingly low' plastic packaging recycling rates, says EPA
3 Dec 2021
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Rubbish
Soft plastic: How much of it will actually be recycled and what difference will it make?
7 Sep 2021
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Rubbish
There's been an increase in coffee-cup and PPE litter since the pandemic began
25 Jan 2021
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Rubbish
EPA warns 'single-use and throwaway culture' leading to significant waste levels and decline in recycling
16 Sep 2020
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Dublin City Council
'Really disappointing', 'it's not right': Dumping in Dublin has increased during the Covid-19 shutdown
9 Apr 2020
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FACTCHECK
Debunked: 'No substance whatsoever' to WhatsApp voicenote claiming Ireland is going into 'Status Red' lockdown
13 Mar 2020
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plastic waste
Deer found dead with 7kg of plastic bags, underwear and towels in stomach in Thailand
27 Nov 2019
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ireland 2029
'Can we get away from plastics? No. Can we use plastics better? Yes.'
31 Jul 2019
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Porcupine Bank Canyon
Irish researchers find plastic in 2km-deep underwater canyon, 320 km from land
29 Jul 2019
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knockharley
Concern over proposal for 'massive' increase in waste intake at Meath landfill
11 Feb 2019
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Prime Numbers
How much waste was dumped in the Wicklow and Dublin mountains after Christmas? It's the week in numbers
26 Jan 2019
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flytipping
13 tonnes of waste dumped over Wicklow and Dublin mountains after Christmas
24 Jan 2019
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sustainability
Steel cups and banning plastic cutlery: How music festivals are trying to combat waste
18 Aug 2018
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Illegal dumping
Just 93 prosecutions after 6,000 rubbish bags dumped in Dublin city's 'worst litter blackspot'
17 Jul 2018
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Litter
'A minority spoiling it for everyone': Increase in rubbish left in Dublin and Wicklow mountains during hot spell
14 Jul 2018
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cleaning up
6,000 bags of rubbish were illegally dumped in Dublin's inner city last year
20 Jun 2018
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Ringaskiddy
Decision on €160 million Cork incinerator deferred for a tenth time
27 Feb 2018
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Rubbish
'Why are you throwing away so many chips?': How east Cork is tackling its food waste
4 Feb 2018
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Gotcha
Prosecutions for illegal dumping expected after covert CCTV operations in Wicklow and Dublin
28 Jan 2018
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smelly
'I've had enough': Hundreds of complaints about foul odours across the country
30 Dec 2017
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Rubbish
Irish rugby player Ian Madigan delivered a serious burn when someone gave out about women referees
24 Dec 2017
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Rubbish
'You have to fight for them to do anything': North Dublin residents slam council over illegal dumping
21 Dec 2017
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friends of the earth
People encouraged to bring camping gear home from Electric Picnic
3 Sep 2017
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baldoyle
Armed gardaà join forces with Fingal County Council to target illegal dumpers
18 Aug 2017
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litterbugs
This Cork village claims it could raise €19,000 per day if it fines everyone who litters
7 Jul 2017
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utter rubbish
'Dignity in the House': TD presents a bag of his plastic household waste in the Dáil
5 Jul 2017
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Going Green
Almost 600,000 tonnes of packaging were recycled in Ireland last year
29 Jun 2017
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anti-austerity protests
Rubbish is piling up on Athens' streets as temperatures soar
22 Jun 2017
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