Just four fines for dog fouling in 20 years

Just four dog fouling fines have been issued in Cork City since legislation was brought in more than 20 years ago.

All the fines were issued during a four-week dog fouling awareness campaign in April and May of last year. Of those, three were paid and one case proceeded to court.

“These four fines have been the only fines issued in respect of dog fouling offences since the Litter Pollution Act 1997 was introduced,” the city council’s director of services for environment and recreation, David Joyce, said. The news emerged at this week’s meeting of Cork City Council in response to a question from FF Cllr Tim Brosnan.