He says there's a build-up of rubbish in some areas, like bus shelters and popular walking routes.

Fulton Grant has been reacting to the IBAL survey following Longford town falling to 35th place in the rankings.

The ranking is disappointing for the Roscommon and Longford areas, which only last year had improved to 16th and 25th positions respectively.

The proposal was made in light of significant investment in Public Realm Enhancement projects in recent years,

The NCBI campaign has highlighted that dog fouling is still a massive issue.

Longford ranked 25th out of 40 towns

National Spring Clean has been operated by An Taisce since 1999.

The latest equipment was recently demonstrated to local authority members