Rats, mice and slugs among pests that plagued Leinster House in past six months

Rats were spotted burrowing out of a drain in a car park in January. File photo

Mice in a medical room, rats in a gents toilet, slugs in a basement, and fouling “next to the minister’s entrance” were some of the pest issues recorded at Leinster House during the past six months.

Exterminators also warned that someone in the nearby Office of the Attorney General was defying instructions not to feed pigeons, and the resultant droppings on the building’s doorsteps would “most likely cause an accident”.