How the dung queen of Dublin was swept from history
by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#6KZVD)
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Four centuries ago Dublin had an official city scavenger" who was tasked with running sanitation teams to clear streets of human and animal waste. In return, the scavenger earned tolls from shopkeepers and traders.
It could have worked well, except the contractor decided to cut costs and maximise profits by deploying just two carts rather than six. Dung piled up and the city stank.
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