Spending a penny costs council

MEMBERS of Nenagh Town Council in Co Tipperary have disagreed over whether or not they should continue funding a public toilet in the town.

The public convenience beside Nenagh Town Hall is costing the council around €34,000 a year to operate and maintain, a sum described as an “incredible waste of money” by town mayor Seamus Morris.

He said the council was making, at most, about €1,000 from the facility. He suggested the council should discontinued operating the facility.

Town Clerk Dónal Purcell described the toilet as a “vital service” despite not making money.

Mr Morris said councillors were not informed the council had entered into a 20-year lease for the toilet.

He maintained that the operation was “crazy money”.