Homeless man, 58, lives in town’s public toilet

A 58-year-old man is living in a public toilet in Ennis, a court heard yesterday.

Thu, 11 Apr, 2013 - 01:00

Gordon Deegan

At the district court, Judge Patrick Durcan said it was a scandal.

Each night, chronic alcoholic Joseph Pavelka, a Czech, shares the council-owned public toilet with his friend Peter Baram, from Poland, in Ennis’s Market Street.

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Courts Place: Ennis Place: Poland Place: Market Street Place: Ireland Place: Laurel Lodge Place: Blarney Place: Czech Republic Person: Judge Person: Patrick Durcan Person: Joseph Pavelka Person: Peter Baram Person: Pavelka Person: Durcan Person: Pavelka Daragh Hassett Person: Hassett Person: Tom Kennedy Organisation: EU

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