A Fianna Fáil senator wants to take action against seagulls.
Ned O'Sullivan says 'raucous' and 'cheeky' birds are causing hassle for people.
He says people who live in apartment blocks are being plagued by the birds, and something must be done:
And he's demanding that the new environment minister Alan Kelly examine what can be done.
"They're getting so cheeky now that they're attacking young children and dispossess them of their lollipops and stuff like that," he told the Seanad this morning.
"It might be funny to many people but it's a serious issue in the city.
"They're not seagulls, they really are vermin. Scavenger gulls. Dump gulls."
The Kerry-based senator added that he was not quite so bothered about pigeons.
"I could take or leave seagulls," he told his bemused colleagues.
Listen in full to Senator O'Sullivan's comments here:
