Taxpayer faces clean-up bill for house piled high with rubbish

The taxpayer is facing a hefty clean-up bill after tonnes of rotting rubbish and vast piles of nappies containing human waste were found inside an abandoned suburban house.

Officials from Cork County Council have assessed the terraced property in a housing estate in Passage West, Co Cork, and called in waste specialist yesterday to deal with the hazardous material.

The residents of St Joseph’s Terrace in Rockenham welcomed the action, but said they were amazed a family could have lived in those conditions.