Toilets closed at seaside resort

VISITORS to one of the South-East’s most popular seaside towns will have a bit further to go to ‘spend a penny’ as state-of-the-art toilets costing in the region of €100,000 have been closed, 10 days after they opened.

The toilets at the landmark building at the end of Tramore’s promenade have been shut down after a host of technical problems, including blockages, ineffective flush buttons and slow filling cisterns.

The county council is pointing the finger of blame at the contractor. The contractors, however, are understood to be maintaining that it is not up to them to resolve the problem. They formally handed over the toilet block, in good working order, over the Whit Bank holiday weekend.