Almost €19k spent on getting rid of rats and wasps at the Áras and Farmleigh

At Farmleigh House there were reports of rat activity in a cow shed with a 'low level of droppings' discovered on inspection.

The Office of Public Works has spent nearly €19,000 on “rodent riddance” as well as tackling wasp nests and an ant infestation at Áras an Uachtaráin and the State guesthouse Farmleigh House.

A series of inspection reports detail how exterminators were called out to catch rodents at the kitchen and Garda changing rooms of the president’s residence in August of last year.