Tidy town issues warning to owners about dog fouling

Ireland’s tidiest town is to get tough with dog owners who do not clean up after their pets foul footpaths and walkways.

Killarney has begun an all-out effort to retain the top Tidy Towns’ prize it won for the first time last year but “dog littering” is becoming a worsening problem, the local authority has heard.

Two years ago, dung catchers were controversially attached to jaunting cars in the Kerry town and have largely succeeded in removing horse dung from the town’s streets and Killarney National Park.