Trinity College spends €28k to keep the pests at bay 

There was a suspected rat sighting at the Hyde Library, which followed the discovery 10 days earlier of rat droppings in a stair area. File picture

Trinity College Dublin has had to spend almost €28,000 in two years dealing with pest control issues – from wasps' nests and carpet moths to rat sightings on campus.

A log of incidents shows pest controllers were called out to Trinity on 99 occasions in 2020, a moderate fall on the 135 callouts there the previous year.