Quote from the document Kieran linked to:
"The centre of the field by the Castle has been ploughed and is inaccessible so we cannot use most of the field"
Caroline, can you confirm/deny whether the camping field has been ploughed up?
No the camping field is fine that must be an old document
Getting in touch with the people involved is a good option but keep in mind we aren't the first or only people trying to tackle the toilet issue so the council is either unable or unwilling to do anything for years now. That said it wouldn't hurt to put a bit more pressure on them and see what happens.
If not we will have to tackle them ourselves and like I said I will make sure to visit again before June Bank Holiday.
Rachel you are right there is a tap available and once we unblock the toilets in a worst case scenario a bucket of water can be left by them or as Diarmaid said ask people to manually flush. However the question is at 3am when people are blind drunk can we trust that they will do this. The toilets could get blocked/trashed again and there will be one hundred odd people stranded in the middle of nowhere with no toilet facilities.
There was a letter in the latest issue of the Sligo Weekender (how I found out about toilets in the first place) by a group of locals calling for camping to be prohibited by the castle due to the anti-social behaviour and pollution it has attracted. As well as that there is already a commercial campsite in the area.
I don't want to sound too pessimistic but I have a feeling this better reflects the consensus of the council and locals regarding the area so make the best of this year as It might not happen again
