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''Clean it up you dirty Pup!''

One thing nobody likes is dog poo, but one city council in Ireland has seen dog fouling drop by o...

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16.34 19 Aug 2021


''Clean it up you dirty Pup!''


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16.34 19 Aug 2021


One thing nobody likes is dog poo, but one city council in Ireland has seen dog fouling drop by over 50 percent since the start of the summer after a spray paint trial.

Galway City Council ran their ‘Clean it up you dirty Pup!’ initiative across three different trial areas by spraying dog poo fluorescent pink to highlight the problem across the city - to remarkable success it seems.

Labour Councillor for Galway City, Niall McNelis, joined Kieran to discuss...

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