Clean up works have begun on a field beside Fahy Gardens in Loughrea where illegal dumping had been taking place, causing rats to appear in the back gardens of local residents.
Cllr Declan Kelly, who welcomed the works, called on the County Council to also erect gates leading into the laneway at the rear of houses near the field to obstruct those who have been throwing household rubbish into the field.
Cllr Kelly has been working for the past number of weeks to ensure that the field that has been the focus of illegal dumping beside Fahy Gardens is cleaned up.
He said that the dumping has caused untold problems for residents of Fahy Gardens and especially because it has drawn vermin with the distress of rats appearing in back gardens.
“The measures I have requested be implemented, which includes the setting of bait boxes and waste enforcement measures, will also assist in solving this problem,” he said.
Cllr Kelly added that it is important that those who are accessing the lanes at the rear of people’s houses to dump household rubbish are stopped.
Fahy Gardens resident Claudia Kinsella said thanked Cllr Declan Kelly for being “the only councillor to respond to the problem” of illegal dumping in the field.
“He has always been available by phone and I support his call for gates to be erected at the entrance to the back lanes which illegal dumpers have been using,” she said.
