Toilet dwellers ‘have celebrity status’ in town

The two homeless men who were living in public toilets in Ennis now have “celebrity status” in the town with people wanting to have their photo taken with them.

Insp Tom Kennedy told Judge Patrick Durcan at Ennis District Court yesterday the two Eastern European men have attained a new status in Ennis following the media attention they received from Josef Pavelka’s previous court appearance.

At the previous appearance, Judge Durcan described it as “a scandal” when it emerged that Czech national Mr Pavelka, aged 52, was living in a public toilet in Ennis.