Historical Wicklow town Facility used as a Public Toilet - Council

Tuesday, December 11th, 2001

By Tony Murphy


The historical `Doctors Steps' in Wicklow town that provide a short cut from Main Street to South Quay is used as a public toilet at night, it was revealed by members of the local Urban Council at their monthly meeting last night.

While the steps will be closed for a short period of time to allow work to be carried out in the area a suggestion at the meeting that access be closed each night was knocked on the head by the majority of members.

Councillor John O'Brien said he was totally against access being cut off for safety reasons. If there was a fire on the Main Street and people needed to get to South Quay quickly their way would be blocked.

Instead, it was decided to erect lights there in the hope that they would act as a deterrent to people who used the area for toilet purposes.