Louth residents terrified by rats 'size of shovels' in housing estate infestation

A rat captured by a resident the size of a shovelhead. One of dozens terrorizing residents.

Residents in a Louth estate who are catching rats 'as big as shovels' are terrified their children will get sick or attacked by dozens of vermin coming out of drains in front of their homes.

The residents of Tredagh View in Drogheda have caught up to 100 rats in their estate since February and are afraid to let their children - as young as three years of age - out to play in their front gardens over where the vermin brazenly run.