Tullamore residents hit by flood said 'sea of disinfectant' needed to clean sewage residue

AFTER a road and footpaths in Tullamore were covered in a “sea of sewage” some local residents cleaned it up with what one volunteer said was a “sea of disinfectant”.

Concern that the public path on Convent View and Callary Street and the Grand Canal greenway at the Fiona Pender memorial were a health hazard spurred people to take action.

Some 10 days after sewage flooded the area – even entering under doorways – filthy residue remained despite the efforts of a contractor called in by the council.

One resident decided enough was enough and helped organise a voluntary clean-up on a dry morning.

The resident said: “The loose toilet paper and sanitary towels were all swept and cleaned up around the path outside the Fiona Pender Memorial and also up on the new path. The path inside the memorial was also swept and cleaned up.”

The workers then discovered that even a wire brush could not remove some of the residue.

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“There was still tiny bits of sewage debris which we could not move as it was embedded into the path as it is there so long now. It looks like actually specks of white paint which appears to be embedded right into it.

“A sea of disinfectant (pictured below) was then poured over the entire uncleaned area.”

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