‘We must do better’ to stop food waste being torn apart by seagulls, says Lord Mayor

The Lord Mayor of Dublin has said they must do better to keep the city centre clean with waste often being torn apart by seagulls.

The street power washing schedule is to be increased to help combat dirt on the streets as life returns to normal after the pandemic. Both the Lord Mayor, Alison Gilliland and Dublin City Council Chief Executive, Owen Keegan agreed that immediate action must be taken to improve the city’s cleanliness.

They are looking at improving how commercial waste is being managed. Not only have Dublin streets been noticeably grubbier in recent months, but food waste is encouraging seagulls to invade public spaces.

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The Lord Mayor said: “We have not been adjusting our power washing schedule across the core city centre area as footfall has increased both during the day and at night.

“It has been recognised that we must do better and today the Chief Executive and myself agreed that immediate action will be taken to increase the street power washing schedule. This will include an intensive power washing of our core city centre streets and a more frequent follow-up rota.

“We will also work on improving how commercial waste is managed in the core city centre areas particularly bags containing food waste that too often end up torn by seagulls.”

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