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Mon 10 Oct 2007Gormley raises on-the-spot littering fine to €150Fines for littering are increasing by 20 per cent to €150 from this week in a new effort by Minister for the Environment John Gormley to crack down on litter louts.The new on-the-spot fine, which came into force yesterday, has been introduced to combat the "affront" to society of littering and should act as a more powerful deterrent to offenders, Mr Gormley said.