Galway Bay fm newsroom:
Illegal dumping cost Galway County Council 136-thousand euro last year.
That's according to a new report compiled by the local authority which examines its response to illegal dumping over the last four years.
In 2019, nearly 130-thousand euro was paid by the county council towards the anti-dumping initiative while just under 10-thousand euro was spent on clearing up illegal dumping.
This represents an increased cost of 33-thousand euro compared to the previous year - which saw a total cost of 103-thousand euro.
Meanwhile, the local authority issued 132 fines for littering offences last year - but only 65 were paid.
18 litter prosecutions were initiated in 2019, and 3 were successful - while 9 waste prosecutions were carried out - with none being reported as successful.
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