I've been listening to the radio and I saw the rte news last night - it seems a lot of rubbish was left on the beaches over the past few days. This makes me really angry at the ignorance of some people. Towels, nappies, bags of beer bottles,etc. How thoughtless would you have to be to walk away from a pile of rubbish of your own making? Towels!! These people must have plenty of disposable cash if they can afford to leave towels behind!
Bad behaviour on beaches
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They should put a blanket ban on that sort of thing.
yeah, would they not be better off lying in a field somewhere, save all the CO2 on getting to the beach.
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Scummies brother's dog left a large mound of dog poo outside our gate last night. His relatives were in McDonalds last week and left the tables full of empty chip bags, drink containers and even the tray wasn't put back as they left the restaurant.
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I went to Fountainstown Beach last night after work and it was beautiful in the evening sun and with the tide out you could walk from the beach all the way across to Ringabella across the strand.
Despite there being a multitude of bins available the amount of rubbish left behind was appalling. The residents that live around that area really work to clean the place up and have put all manner of bins and re-cycle bin there.
Yet, people leave behind beer cans, nappies and rubbish of every description.
Why is it that when the sun comes out people need to drink alcohol at the beach?
Despite there being a multitude of bins available the amount of rubbish left behind was appalling. The residents that live around that area really work to clean the place up and have put all manner of bins and re-cycle bin there.
Yet, people leave behind beer cans, nappies and rubbish of every description.
Why is it that when the sun comes out people need to drink alcohol at the beach?
Not sure whats happening on the Southside, but in the Fingal areas the council are not emptying the bins often enough.
- Local park/pitches - the bin for the dog poops was over flowing & loads just left on the ground around as no more could be put into the bin
- dog poop bags no longer being provided - (I don't have a big issue with this as I think ever dog owner should have a legal obligation to carry them), but they went to the expense to put in the dispensers & alot of people would go with the expectation that they would be there
- I know people should be responsible for their own rubbish, but the council should be setting a good example
- I was at the beach over the weekend. There was a really "nice" family there - their kids played with mine & we all chatted. They left when I had gone back to get some food & I was horrified to come back & see they had left all their rubbish behind them. I wish I'd got their car registration.
- Local park/pitches - the bin for the dog poops was over flowing & loads just left on the ground around as no more could be put into the bin
- dog poop bags no longer being provided - (I don't have a big issue with this as I think ever dog owner should have a legal obligation to carry them), but they went to the expense to put in the dispensers & alot of people would go with the expectation that they would be there
- I know people should be responsible for their own rubbish, but the council should be setting a good example
- I was at the beach over the weekend. There was a really "nice" family there - their kids played with mine & we all chatted. They left when I had gone back to get some food & I was horrified to come back & see they had left all their rubbish behind them. I wish I'd got their car registration.
According to the RTE News last night, Fingal CC have declared that they cannot afford to pay for people to clean the beaches, or for the bins to be emptied.
That said, based on the state of those beaches, and the prevalence of fly-tipping around the country, we Irish have little regard for our environment and treat it as someone else's problem. On the DART this morning, there were countless copies of discarded METRO and Herald AMs. Each one of the people who took them just dropped it onto the DART for someone else to clean up. Evidently holding on to it until you get to a bin is just too much trouble
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On the DART this morning, there were countless copies of discarded METRO and Herald AMs. Each one of the people who took them just dropped it onto the DART for someone else to clean up. Evidently holding on to it until you get to a bin is just too much trouble
This is just my impression, as I haven't used the train regularly since my student days, but don't people leave papers behind on a train for others to read if they want to?
Obviously that is an aside to the fact that yes, generally people in this country really are disgusting, especially with regard to allowing their dogs to foul the streets. On my evening run the other day I spied a nappy lying by the side of the road, just left there to be someone elses problem. I really don't understand it, as it doesn't cost that much for waste to be collected. I took the best part of a three piece bathroom suite and assorted rubbish to the dump for €10 just last weekend!
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Have you reported him to the litter warden?
I don't see any bad behaviour in that. It's part of the McD restaurant package. I do it myself quite often.
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Always make me laugh then McDonalds advert say "restaurant"
If ever there was a loose definition, that is it!We were at the seaside during the weekend and again this week. Mostly had a great time but did notice in places people had left a load of rubbish behind them, some people with very young children drinking heavily all day and a few kids going around stealing bits and pieces ( even buckets and spades). A fair representation of irish society in general?
And you don't associate the 2?
In both cases someone is indeed paid to clean up after you but only because you don't clean up after yourself. The bins (in McDs) are available to you. You don't have to leave the table full of rubbish so that the next customer has to wait for it to be cleaned up.
I think its part of Irish people's nature to be dirty. Obviously, not everyone, but in general Irish people treat beaches, parks, rivers and public areas as their dumping grounds. We have no civic pride and parents pass on their bad behaviour to their children and so on down the generations.
I am always impressed by how clean other countries keep their parks, beaches and streets so it can be done if children are educated to have pride and respect for their country.
I am always impressed by how clean other countries keep their parks, beaches and streets so it can be done if children are educated to have pride and respect for their country.
But don't forget there is a more practical, non-cultural reason for this - many continental European countries (especially those for whom tourism is important) have daily domestic rubbish collection and an army of street sweepers/'beach rakers'/shopping mall hygiene staff etc etc.
It's probably fairer to compare the UK with Ireland on the whole street/park cleanliness thing - and they are no better than us as far as I can see.
They might even be worse.
It's probably fairer to compare the UK with Ireland on the whole street/park cleanliness thing - and they are no better than us as far as I can see.
They might even be worse.
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After four years I still struggle with the concept of spitting in the street. Men, women and children do it regularly
I don't notice dog poo so much but that's probably because I don't walk around towns so much since I moved to the country. As dog owners we carry bags and clean up after our dogs but we see a lot of people who don't.
Don't get me started on people throwing stuff out of their car windows!!!