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Fri 02 Feb 2007TD raises urinating in public issueTánaiste Michael McDowell said that under current legislation, people arrested for urinating in public are sent a letter which gives them the option of paying a fixed fine or being prosecuted.Local Labour TD Joe Costello (Dublin Central) who raised the issue, said that Croke Park's first game under lights drew more than 80,000 supporters and some "rather obnoxious behaviour" by some of the fans after the match when "a large degree of public urination took place in little side streets" beside the stadium.