Jump in number of litter fines issued in Dundalk in July

Louth County Council issued 18 litter fixed penalty notices in Dundalk during the month of July, more than four times the number issued in Dundalk in June, when four were issued in the town area.

A total of 34 litter fixed penalty notices were issued in the month of July throughout the county. Of these, eight were issued in

Drogheda, 18 were issued in Dundalk town and eight in the remaining county wide area.

Louth County Council says that there have been 711 litter investigations completed to date in 2023, with 105 carried out in the month of July, and 63 litter fixed penalty notices issued in the year to date.

In terms of diesel laundering waste, the Council says that there were three Integrated Bulk Container’s (IBCs) dumped in July 2023 at a cost of €3,744.30 approximately. So far in 2023 there have been 69 IBCs dumped within County Louth with an associated removal cost of approximately €86,118.84.