Ireland, and Irish people, have a severe problem with littering … What the fuck is wrong with people that they think they can just throw their trash where they like? Teenagers in particular are major culprits and it stems from a sense of entitlement — it;s someone else’s problem, not mine … I’m sick of looking at litter every where. cunts
Look at the health service, all public service really to an extent. The sweeping under the rug of scandals, corruption ignored. People care only for themselves and their immediate circles. There is no greater good.
Those IBAL reports they do once or twice a year identifying litter back spots, moderately littered spots, clean to European norms etc are a great idea - if nothing else they shame local councils into cleaning up particularity bad areas.
It really only happens in poorer areas. Cities inevitably have litter but for the most part the Councils do a decent job of cleaning up. The parts of Dublin that are really filthy are streets where there’s residences and the council don’t look at it.
We are much better than a lot of countries with our solar bins.
Again the parts of Dublin where you will see rubbish are the areas around the flats and quieter streets (other than businesses leaving out their rubbish for collection, which is unavoidable). The councils don’t prioritize those areas. Grafton Street, Merrion Square, Stephens Green, Henry Street…they’re pretty clean. O’Connell Street is cleaned a lot too…
There are other areas around the city, that’s usually where there’s deprivation. I don’t think Ireland is any worse than most western countries.