Sir, – The lack of clean, well- maintained public toilets is a national problem. For example, Ireland is probably the only “developed, civilised” country where one can regularly see grown men urinating on the side of the motorway between the two largest cities of the state.
In addition, the designated parking areas along the motorway do not have bins, are strewn with rubbish, and smell of urine. The lack of appropriate rest, service, and toilet facilities on the Dublin to Cork motorway beggars belief, and underscores the lack of integrated thinking between appropriate local and central authorities in this country.
Rectifying this situation should be easy, would provide employment at a modest cost, and would likely pay for itself by increasing foreign tourist revenue over time. – Yours, etc,