No fowl play for Dáil ducks saved from pond death trap

DUCKS on an artificial pond in Leinster House had to be rescued because they were dying off, it emerged yesterday.

The Seanad heard that three fowl had died in recent weeks and the Dublin Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) had to take some ducks into its Rathfarnham shelter.

Senator Joe O’Toole said it reflected badly on the Oireachtas if it allowed anything to happen to the fowl in the landscaped lake overlooked by an indoor coffee dock.