Fox's Pub in Glencullen and Superquinn Supermarket in Blackrock are among the business premises prosecuted for littering by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
Fox's Pub was prosecuted four times last year, facing fines of up to €750 with costs on each occasion, and Superquinn in Blackrock was prosecuted once.
Other businesses found guilty of littering were: Bloomsbury Manufacturing Ltd, Blackrock, Co Dublin; Irish Shell Ltd; DHL (Holding) Ltd; Delta Landscapes Ltd, Stillorgan Industrial Park; Dermot Williams, trading as Lifetimes in Phibsborough and Leixlip; Dolianus Enterprises, of the Noggin Inn, Sallynoggin; Gerard McCloskey, Ireland Ltd, John F. Kennedy Industrial Estate; the Dunleary Barber Shop, Dún Laoghaire; Kilcrest Entertainments, Blackrock; Naradine Traders, Ranelagh and Balally Shopping Centre; Paul Goldin clinic, Dún Laoghaire; Rohcon, Kill, Co Kildare; Martel Ltd, of Kerry and Dún Laoghaire; Kelly Property Management, Ranelagh and Ballybough; Primetime Leisure, Rathfarnham and Dundrum.
The county council also successfully prosecuted the following individuals: Ms Ann Marie Featherstone, Rathmore Avenue, Kilmacud, Co Dublin; Mr Anthony Fitzgerald, Ashford, Co Wicklow; Mr Brian Crowley, Lower Pembroke Street, Dublin (convicted twice); Ms Catherine Doyle, Carrickmount Avenue, Rathfarnham; Ms Christina Warner, Rathsallagh Park, Shankill; Mr David Galbraith, Church Road, Ballybrack; Mr Donal O'Shea, Tinahely, Co Wicklow; Mr Ernie Kennedy, Stepaside; Mr John Paul Downes, Ballinteer; Mr John Power, Manor Green, Terenure; Ms Kate Tobin, Newcastle, Co Wicklow; Mr Keith Maguire, York Road, Dún Laoghaire; Ms Lisa McCarthy, Rathfarnham; Ms Margaret Cawley, Glen Druid, Shanganagh Road, Loughlinstown; Ms Mary Cox, Dargle Road, Blackrock; Pat O'Flaherty, Palmers Copse, Palmerstown Manor; Ms Patricia McNally, Kilcross Park, Sandyford; Mr Paul Barry, Malpas Place, Dublin 8; Mr Paul Calvert, Coolevin, Ballybrack; Ms Siobhán Byrne, Pearse Park, Sallynoggin; and Ms Therese Maria Bulter, Hampton Park, St Helen's Wood, Booterstown.
The cost of sweeping litter from the streets of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown county will be €3 million in 2002.
Six litter wardens patrol the streets seven days a week, and on-the-spot fines are also issued.