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Above:\u00a0 View of castle park which received\u00a0 an A rating.<\/p>\n
we set out under\u00a0 the\u00a0 2025 report for our city.<\/p>\n
An Taisce Report \u2013 IBAL Anti-Litter League, Survey 2, 2025<\/strong> The Watershed Leisure Centre: Grade A<\/strong>. There was an abundance of colour in the planter boxes at the building entrance \u2013 this created a warm and welcoming impression. All elements of this facility appeared in good order e.g. paving, bicycle parking, wooden picnic tables etc. There was a large wheely bin specifically for bottles \/ cans. The whole area was excellent with regards to litter. The final IBAL survey for 2025 was announced on the 5th January 2026. Kilkenny City\u00a0 achieved Clean to European norms. KKB wish to thank all our volunteers, local community groups, resident associations\u00a0 and Kilkenny CoCo for all of their work\u00a0 … Continue reading
\nKilkenny: 17th out of 40 towns \/ cities surveyed. Clean to European Norms.<\/strong>
\nA good result for Kilkenny with no heavily littered sites and some sites just missing the top litter grade. The latter included High Street, the residential area of Beechlawn and the Bring Facility,New Park Shopping Centre. The wonderful grounds of Kilkenny Castle Park were sensitively presented and maintained \u2013 excellent with regards to litter. The Watershed Leisure Centre had some lovely features \u2013 picnic tables, welcoming planting at the entrance etc.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDublin Road: Grade B+.<\/strong> This busy route just missed the top litter grade. Road surface \/ markings \/ signage were in good order, but there were too many food related items e.g. sweet papers, fast-food wrappers and plastic bags, for the top litter grade. Perhaps the installation of a litter bin at the bus stop might help?
\nKilkenny Castle Park: Grade A.<\/strong> This wonderful expanse of parkland was so deserving of the top litter grade. Not only was it very good with regards to litter, but it has also been sensitively presented and maintained with excellent visitor information (including colourful \u2018Ecology of an Oak Tree) and plenty of references to Biodiversity. Seating, signage, litter bins etc. were all in very good condition.
\nNew Park Shopping Centre: Grade A<\/strong>. A freshly presented shopping centre and car park environment \u2013 there was a virtual absence of litter throughout.
\nHigh Street: Grade B+.<\/strong> Paving, litter bins, bollards, wooden seating and planter boxes were freshly presented, creating a positive impression along this busy shopping street. Much of the area was good with regards to litter but there were too many cigarette butts, coffee cups, fast-food wrappers and sweet papers near Market Yard for the top litter grade. With a little extra effort, this could be achieved.
\nDeposit Return Scheme, SuperValu: Grade A.<\/strong> This small \u2018in-store\u2019 facility was spotless \u2013 well done to all concerned.
\nBring Facility, New Park Shopping Centre: Grade B+.<\/strong> This facility just missed the top litter grade \u2013 the overall impression was a good one but there were too many loose litter items at the base of clothes banks.
\nJohn\u2019s Quay: Grade B+<\/strong>. The 1914-1918 Memorial was looking well and there was a wonderful series of coloruful murals along one stretch. Seating, litter bins, signage, planted areas were in good order. Maintenance was underway at time of IBAL visit. Minor litter items were primarily alcohol related, particularly close to John\u2019s Bridge.
\nMarket Yard Car Park: Grade B<\/strong>. Some lovely features in the car park environment included an abundance of planter boxes and picnic tables. Some parts presented quite well. However, the overall impression was of a moderately littered space, a wide variety of food related and cigarette butts, along with a couple of bags of rubbish.
\nBeechlawn: Grade B+.<\/strong> Not much effort is required for this residential area to get the top litter grade \u2013 it was freshly presented, large expanse of grass area and generally in very good order. Litter items were all food related.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"