Hup two, hup two, hup two and DUMP
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The photo above comes Via Erbiz.com . It shows rubbish dumped on army land at the Curragh. Looks like fly tipping and who knows what else. The usual finger pointing appears to be going on between the Army and the Council as to who is responsible. If it is Army land then the Defence Minister ought to get the soldiers out of the barracks and do some work. If he asks nicely, maybe the banks will allow them have the day off from escorting money and do a clean up instead?
The bigger story has to be the element of Irish society (and it appears to be a substantial element) that thinks nothing of fly tipping, general littering and allowing their dogs to defecate all over public footpaths. Although I can’t find the source, I did read about a UK Bicycle Tour company that has stopped coming to Ireland because of complaints from customers about litter. And just recently down my way, ten tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish was discovered near Glendalough – a location that gets over 1 million visitors a year. The last thing the Irish economy needs right now is for tourists to stay away because of litter problems. We can’t stop jobs going to lower cost economies, but we sure as hell can do something about the litter problem.
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3 Comments
May 21st, 2008 at 1:40 pm
The litter problem is just atrocious. People blame it on immirants, but come on folks, it’s ALWAYS been an issue. The husband is American and he cannot comprehend how people here have no respect for their surroundings. It’s embarassing for me when we have in-laws visiting and we’re showing them the town and dodging vomit on Saturday mornings or dog droppings just about everywhere. What is the problem?
My Dad thinks it goes back to colonialism… a bad habit that’s been passed down the generations from days we thought littering would be a way to spite the people who took our land. I don’t know about that, but the second you cross the border North the difference is astonishing. There must be something we can do.
May 21st, 2008 at 8:06 pm
You’re right Deborah, it is shameful and I despair at what can be done to change peoples attitudes. A start might be for the local authorities to have litter wardens walking the streets and being very visible. The clampers are very visible, so why not litter wardens ?
May 21st, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I’m afraid Deborah that your husband comes from a country that produces 2 million tons of dog crap every year which is probably nothing compared to India and China combined. It’s funny that you never hear ‘environmentalists’ mention this problem.