Longford Town has regained it's 'clean' status in the Irish Business Against Litter rankings released this morning.
The IBAL results also show Roscommon Town narrowly missing out on the clean status following examination by judges in 2024.
Both Towns had seen a significant slide down the rankings last year to 34th and 35th respectively, with this morning's results showing major improvements in the last six months.
In Longford, judges stated that it was the Town's best result in a long number of years, with over half of survey sites getting the top litter grade.
The Albert Reynolds Peace Park, LIDL on the Dublin road and the Camlin River Walk were some of the locations receiving top grade in and around the town.
Improvements were also noted at the Harbour Point apartments with the area still somewhat littered while dumping was noted in the Bridgeway Business Park.
In Roscommon, the Town came close to regaining its clean status, rising from 34th place to 27th in the rankings.
Top grades were awarded to the residential areas of Castle Manor and Roscommon Court House, with improvements also noted for problems spots such as the laneway between the Circle K and The Fire Station, and the laneway at the Matrix Gym.
However, there was no improvement at the wasteground behind the recycle centre at Centre Point Retail Park which was considered a litter black spot by judges.
Athlone fared well in the rankings, coming 25th out of 40 towns and cities judged, with the Ranelagh Way Shannon Banks Nature Trail and Athlone Poets on Athlone
Canal both celebrated.
However, the report describes a heavily littered derelict site on the R446 that took away from other well presented nearby areas.
Nationally, Naas, Kilkenny and Monaghan took the top three spots in the litter rankings.
