Crunch time for pavement porridge
Thu, May 15, 2025
City Council chief executive Leonard Cleary, has tasked senior operational development staff to come up with a solution to what he described as a “very sensitive issue because of health and welfare issues”.
Asked when this issue - which has generated innumerable complaints from local politicians, business groups and private citizens – will be sorted, Cleary, who celebrated one year in the job this week, replied: “It should have been 11 months ago”.
Porridge oats have been dispersed almost daily for at least eight years from near Munster Avenue in the west end, throughout Galway city centre, and up around Bohermore, Prospect Hill and College Road. Pedestrian areas in Mainguard Street, Whitehall, Druid Lane and Kirwan’s Lane are stained white from a mixture of oats and pigeon droppings. Rain congeals the oats which attract birds and vermin.
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