{"id":547278,"date":"2026-07-13T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/547278\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:10:10","slug":"fury-over-damage-to-toilets-at-popular-coastal-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/547278\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury over damage to toilets at popular coastal spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a busy weekend that saw visitors flock to Donegal\u2019s beaches and piers, a local councillor has hit out over the shocking state in which public toilets at Magheraroarty were left.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Denis McGee of the 100% Redress Party vented his anger after finding a toilet seat broken off and left lying on the floor, a shattered bin and a toilet completely clogged with waste.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr McGee said the apparent vandalism was particularly frustrating given the efforts made to secure public toilets for the busy coastal area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fought hard to get the toilets here in Magheraroarty, and to just show disrespect and stuff, it just really f***ing pisses me off,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody puts in a lot of effort to make sure that we have these toilets here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if you just come in and decide to break the seat, just keep blocking the toilet, there\u2019s something f***ing seriously wrong with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-641436 in-content-img not-prose w-full\" height=\"480\" width=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fury-over-damage-to-toilets-at-popular-coastal-spot.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-serif font-normal text-base leading-6 text-tertiary not-prose\"> Damage to public toilets at Magheraroarty last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The need for better public toilets and increased maintenance at Magheraroarty has been raised on a number of occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr McGee acknowledged that the current facilities need improvement, but said that was no excuse for treating them with disrespect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/four-donegal-callouts-for-rescue-helicopter-yesterday-641473\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Four Donegal callouts for rescue helicopter yesterday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/four-donegal-callouts-for-rescue-helicopter-yesterday.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Four Donegal callouts for rescue helicopter yesterday\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/green-light-sought-for-creeslough-ground-solar-panels-641469\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Green light sought for Creeslough ground solar panels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/green-light-sought-for-creeslough-ground-solar-panels.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Green light sought for Creeslough ground solar panels\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShow a bit of respect, the same respect that you would show in your own neighbourhood,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know who has been in here and done this, but it\u2019s not right. We don\u2019t have a lot here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need better toilets, we know that. We need better facilities, we need more maintenance, we need a lot of stuff around here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what we have, we\u2019re proud of, and we don\u2019t appreciate somebody just coming in and breaking the toilet and the toilet seat and just blocking everything up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty sad reflection on whoever done it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a busy weekend that saw visitors flock to Donegal\u2019s beaches and piers, a local councillor has hit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-547278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}