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A KILRUSH man found guilty of illegally dumping household waste will have to pay out € 1,030, following a hearing at Kilrush District Court on Tuesday.
Clare County Council brought the case against Flan Burke, Apartment 2, Vandeleur Street, Kilrush who was found guilty of littering contrary to section 3(1) of Litter Pollution Act 1997 and Section 24 (1) of the Lit- ter Pollution Act 1997 as Amended Section 58. In evidence litter warden Conor Leyden said that the council received a complaint on July 2, 2013 stating that there was litter on the side of the road at Dunneill, Kilimer.
On investigating the complaint he found an ESB bill with Mr Burke’s name among the rubbish.
A fine was sent to Mr Burke by registered post.
He was also told he could appeal the fine in writing, the court was told, but this did not happen.
Reminder letters were again sent on July 29 and August 6, 2013 and finally a court summons was issued on December 31.
Mr Leyden described the road as a “quiet road with no residential houses, with mostly agricultural lands.”
Describing Mr Burke’s actions as “contemptible” Judge Patrick Durcan fined him € 750 and ordered him to pay costs of € 280.
He added that he was taking into account that the defendant in the case had no previous convictions.