Cork City Council launches dog fouling awareness campaign

Cork City Council has launched its 2025 Anti-Dog Fouling Awareness Campaign, with litter wardens to increase their anti-dog fouling activity throughout the city.

The campaign, now in its tenth year, is run by Cork City Council's dog fouling committee, in conjunction with the litter management section of the council.

The 2025 awareness campaign kicks off today with a prize giving ceremony at St Luke's National School, the winners of the 2025 Primary School Poster Competition.

The litter warden service will be promoting responsible dog ownership, advising and cautioning the public. and issuing fines where appropriate.

The dog fouling sub-committee, through public awareness campaigns, is working on bringing about a change in mindset and behaviour in the area of responsible dog ownership, reminding owners of their personal responsibility to clean up after their dogs.

There will be a dog fouling awareness information stand in Wilton Shopping Centre on Monday May 12 from 10am until 2pm, with further information days across the city planned in the coming weeks, details of which will be posted on Cork City Council's social media platforms.

Over the coming weeks the committee will also present prizes to all the schools who participated in the 2025 poster competition, visit parks and green areas to promote responsible dog ownership, pilot new dog walking routes, and purchase some additional multipurpose bins to make it easier and more convenient to dispose of dog waste.

A spokesperson for the committee said they “would like to thank the responsible dog owners who clean up after their dog and would ask all other dog owners to be civic minded and consider the impact on others, particularly people with visual and mobility issues, children at play, wheelchair users, the elderly and parents with buggies when they fail to clean up”.