The new legislation could see drones used in surveilling litter blackspots and tracking those who dump illegally.

Members of the public and local businesses can have their say on the bye laws up to the 15th of July.

Concerns have been raised over litter problems developing at what is being called a major piece of tourist infrastructure for the town.

Areas all across Longford have seen communities come together to collect rubbish and tidy up their villages and towns

Roscommon-Galway TD Claire Kerrane has welcomed the clearing of a major littering blackspot in Ballaghaderreen. Residents in the Charlestown road estate in the west

The ongoing Pandemic could be leading to higher levels of litter across the Shannonside Northern Sound region. That's according to Conor Horgan from Irish