Serious dumping incidents at Meath beauty spots

Litter louts struck Meath again in the last few days with large bags of rubbish dumped at the scenic Headfort Bridge in Kells and beside the Hungry Hall Park amenity area.

Residents of the Broomfield area near Collon discovered a large quantity of rubbish dumped adjacent to Hungry Hall Park on Friday.

"It is worrying that people will do something like this," said Gerard Weldon of Broomfield and District Resident's Association.

He explained that a number of local volunteers bagged up the rubbish and Meath County Council undertook to take it away yesterday (Monday).

"The council have always been very helpful in this regard," said Mr Weldon.

"It is an ongoing problem. We had another very bad incident a few months and then last night, we discovered someone had dumped a mattress on the Broomfield Road.

"It is a shame because Hungry Hall Park is looking very well.

"We are working toward An Taisce's Green Flag for Parks.

Mr Weldon urged people to dispose of their rubbish properly and warned against paying people to take their rubbish away unless they are registered waste disposal companies.

Meanwhile 13 full plastic bags were found dumped at Headfort Bridge on Saturday.

The bags were dumped over the wall, some actually in the river.

The man who came across them contacted Kells Local Heroes who arranged for their collection,

A spokesperson for Meath Local Heroes said it was an ongoing problem in the area.

"Unfortunately this isn't the first time this has happened.

"We have also had a lot of dumping at the entrance to the cemetery.

"We found 30 to 35 bags dumped there recently,' she said.