Toilet facilities set to reopen on the streets of Dublin

MUCH-NEEDED public toilets could soon be back on the streets of Dublin if a pilot scheme to reopen facilities near Trinity College is a success.

For years a haven for drug addicts, 11 conveniences were closed over the last decade or so as people became afraid to use them opting instead to call into pubs, shops and department stores.

Now Dublin City Council is planning to bring them back starting with manned 24-hour unisex toilets above the disused, underground facility at the junction of College Street and Westmoreland Street.