Large amount of dog waste being dumped at entrance to popular local beach

A large amount of dog waste bags are being left at the entry to Clonea beach in county Waterford.

Dog waste bins at the beach were recently removed.

Waterford City and County Council Director of Services, Gabriel Hynes, said last week that bins are not available at the beach anymore because they were being misused by the public and contributing to increased fly tipping.

"Our long term goal would be to remove all dog bags and reduce the number of dogs bins" he added.

Speaking on the issue last week, councillor Liam Brazil said:

"People are coming now and leaving bags of dog poo there right as you enter Clonea beach.

"Its very bad to see this on the entry to our beach and I cant understand why people don't just bring it home with them.

"To be dumping dog poo bags on the entrance to our lovely beach is disgraceful and these people have to be called out."

Cllr Thomas Phelan also commented on the issue recently, saying:

"Ideally there would be a bin there but Waterford City and County Council are adamant that they're not putting the dog bin back there because it was being misused.

"But seeing as there isn't a bin there people should not be leaving their dog poo bags just because there used to be a bin there. Having a dog comes with being responsible for taking away the poo produced by the dog. Leaving a full dog poo bag behind at a blue flag beach is not responsible dog ownership."

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