The competition might have been fierce but there was only one winner. Ennis take a bow - you have been crowned the cleanest town in Ireland.
As per earlier this month, the town in County Clare was announced as the cleanest in Ireland in the 2017 Anti-Litter League by Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL).
Forty towns and cities were in the running but Ennis reigned supreme, pipping last year's winner Kildare to the post.
Kildare followed in second place while Roscommon came in at third place. 88% of towns surveyed were deemed to be as clean as the European average.
Commenting on the Ennis' win, an Taisce which carried out the surveys on behalf of the IBAL said:
An exceptional result for Ennis, which has performed strongly in recent surveys. All approach roads to Ennis got the top litter grade and this high standard was maintained for almost all of the sites surveyed in the town.
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Conor Horgan of IBAL said:
We have seen standards of cleanliness rise and rise since we first commenced this programme back in 2002. To achieve top spot now requires maintaining an entire town in an almost pristine condition, which a local authority cannot do alone.
Once again performing strongly in the league, Waterford was revealed as the cleanest city.
Ennis is on a bit of a roll as of late. In November, it was crowned the friendliest place in Ireland by Retail Ireland's Excellence Awards.
