OPW scrambled to find fix after people used home of Peig Sayers as a toilet

Internal records detail how OPW staff scrambled to find a short-term fix to the lack of public conveniences on Blascaod Mór after Junior Minister Patrick O’Donovan promised they would be in place by this summer

Caretakers on the island said one of two homes Peig Sayers lived in on the island was among a number of ruins on the island being used as a toilet.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) looked at the installation of so-called eco-toilets on the Blasket Islands following controversy last year when the home of Peig Sayers was seen being used for “peeing or pooping” by visitors.

As reported in the Irish Examiner last October, caretakers on the island said one of two homes Peig Sayers lived in on the island was among a number of ruins on the island being used as a toilet.