Tour guide 'embarrassed' by amount of dog poo around Cobh

A man who runs special historic walking tours in a harbour town has described how “embarrassed” he is at having to constantly point out dog excrement on its streets to visiting tourists so they don't step in it.

The situation has become so bad in Cobh, County Cork that the local municipal district council has decided to fund an "educational competition" in local schools to design anti-dog fouling signs.