Approximately 100 bin bags which were dumped in a residential area of Armagh have since been lifted, council have said.
The waste, which was discovered in the Ballynahone Crescent area of the city, was believed to have been sitting from around 8:30am on Wednesday morning until its removal that evening.
The incident was the latest in a period of frustration for residents in the area, as it was only two weeks ago that the street was evacuated while police investigated a suspected pipe bomb attack on a property.
One resident who reached out to Armagh I yesterday morning, said he was fed up and dreaded to think what would happen if the waste was not removed, fearing the arrival of vermin and the potential for the rubbish to spread across the area.
A spokesperson for ABC Council said they had received a complaint yesterday regarding the indiscriminate dumping in the area by one of the residents.
The spokesperson continued that the Housing Executive had visited the area and took photographs, before requesting to one of their contractors that the rubbish be removed.
They added: “I have spoken with the complainant and further ongoing investigations will continue jointly by both the NIHE and ourselves.”
A Housing Executive spokesperson said: “After carrying out an inspection we have raised an urgent order to have the site cleared.”
