Plumber and failed TD Paul Dooley is back in Ballykissangel. Having declared bankruptcy and served a six month prison sentence for tax fraud, Mr. Dooley has returned to the village he once represented in parliament.

As a contender for Dáil Éireann he stood against Brian Quigley, the owner of Fitzgerald’s Bar. So it was a surprise to all the regulars in Fitzgerald’s to discover that Mr Dooley would spend the next few months or years behind the bar in their local. Mr. Dooley’s wife Oonagh, has let the pub from Mr. Quigley while his daughter Niamh spends some time in Dublin. The Dooley’s have arrived in Ballykissangel at a time of change for the town.

The Dooleys will be made welcome as was demonstrated when the regulars of Fitzgerald’s helped them with the move into the pub - " ... in an effort to minimise lost drinking time." said one.

Mr and Mrs Dooley have two children Dermot and Grainne.

A multi-lingual automated public toilet has been removed from Ballykissangel's main street.

The "inconvenience" arrived mysteriously in the middle of the night and was placed outside Fitzgerald’s bar.

As an interesting foot note to rising costs in the modern world, should anyone have wanted to Spend A Penny, it would have cost them forty pence.