People urinating on graves after toilets removed in Killarney

The removal of a public toilet in Killarney has resulted in people urinating on church grounds, bus loads of tourists overwhelming the facilities of a small hotel, and businesses being advised by gardaí to man their doors with security staff against a public desperate for toilet facilities, a meeting has been told.

The Killarney Municipal Authority heard graphic accounts of the problems faced by the Franciscan community, as well as the Royal Hotel and Jimmy O’Brien’s bar at the busy intersection, at Fair Hill, opposite the court house since the toilets were removed and a ‘social interaction space’ had been created.

Fr David Collins said the friary in Killarney had just one toilet, for churchgoers, but this was now being overwhelmed.