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Do we have a cultural public toilet problem?

Writing in The Irish Examiner today, writer Marc De Faoite, who is living in France, highlights t...

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15.31 16 Jul 2026


Do we have a cultural public toilet problem?


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Writing in The Irish Examiner today, writer Marc De Faoite, who is living in France, highlights the difference of Ireland's attitudes to public toilets in comparison to France. "Ireland is still making grown adults say the equivalent of an “bhfuil cead agam dul go dtí an leithreas?”, he says, which he states comes from the lingering legacy of Catholic-era attitudes.

Marc joins Ciara to discuss, as well Victoria Spillane, Interim Chief Operations Officer at Crohn’s and Colitis Ireland.


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