Street Littering Criticised in Wake of All-Ireland Final

Cork City Council has described the scenes faced by their clean-up crews on Monday morning as "the worst street littering in 20 years."

The council said it took four hours this morning for their street cleansing department to clean up the mess left by those who gathered in the city to watch Cork lose to Limerick in Sunday's All-Ireland hurling final.

Grand Parade, Oliver Plunkett Street and Washington Street were said to be the worst affected streets.

"We had our cleansing crews in at 6am this morning, who worked tirelessly until 10am to get the streets back into an acceptable level," said a statement from the council. "We also had to bring in our large suction sweeper due to the volume of litter to be removed. Cleansing crew staff have highlighted that the volume of litter and broken glass seen on the city streets was like nothing seen by staff in the past 20 years."

Fishmonger Pat O'Connell shared the mess left on Grand Parade on Twitter.

"Shame on whoever left this mess for our council workers to clean this morning," he wrote, while pointing out that there is a "rubbish bin within five metres."

Shame on whoever left this mess for our council workers to clean this morning. A rubbish bin within 5 mtrs. pic.twitter.com/uJnCYQdHoU

— pat o connell (@pattheenglishm1) August 23, 2021

Street littering carries an on-the-spot fine of €150 or a maximum fine of €3,000 if brought to court.