Cork areas have shown improvement in the latest Irish Business Against Litter Survey.
Mallow is in second place in the ranking of 40 towns and cities in the country.
Mahon, which was previously rated as seriously littered, has improved to 'moderately littered', as has Cork's City centre.
Cork's northside though has slipped to littered.
The great majority of Ireland’s towns were found to be clean, but two-thirds of city areas are still littered. The survey presents a snapshot of cleanliness levels across Ireland as the peak summer tourist season commences.
“Clearly, tourism is a focus of this annual summer survey and unfortunately the major urban gateways to our towns and countryside – notably Dublin – are falling short of the mark, and creating an underwhelming first impression for visitors,“ according to Conor Horgan of IBAL. “As a high-cost destination, tourists to Ireland can expect better. It’s a fact, too, that the great work being done in our towns is negated by litter in our cities.”
