Reader's Blog: Lack of public toilets is an issue for tourists

What is it with Ireland and public toilets? On a recent visit to your beautiful country the one major issue I continually encountered while cycling about was the lack of public toilet facilities.

For example while visiting one of the “signature points” on the Wild Atlantic Way, the stunning Downpatrick Head in north Mayo, I expected the minimum facility one would expect at such an idyllic location was a toilet block. The nearest public toilets were a 30km cycle and then to find one of these toilets in the town of Ballina was a mission in itself as there are no signs indicating where these toilets might be located.