Illegal dumping has become the scourge of many communities all over Ireland, but today Fianna Fáil Senator Malcolm Byrne will bring forward legislation that could change all that. The bill will underpin the use of CCTV, Drone and Automated Number Plate Recognition technology by local authorities and Malcolm Byrne joined Ciara with more on this bill.

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