Urinating fox in Taoiseach's department forces Leinster House to shut windows at night

An exterminator report said the fox "had urinated all over an office". File photo Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Leinster House was urged to keep the windows of its offices closed at night because of a rogue fox that had urinated in the neighbouring Department of the Taoiseach.

Exterminator reports said that foxes were coming to feed on food debris from skips in an area called the Fisheries Yard of the Oireachtas buildings. A “strong smell” of fox urine was noted at the site with advice given for the skips to be tightly closed off and for the area to be thoroughly washed down.