A former landfill south of Cork City, but operated by Cork County Council, has been leaking.

You might normally find money under a mattress but it’s the materials in the mattress itself which have helped get a new recycling business off the ground.

ONE of the country’s biggest local authorities is cracking down on householders who haven’t paid their refuse charges.

BIN wars are set to break out as a local authority and the private sector mount aggressive marketing campaigns to gain more customers.

A PILOT scheme to collect recyclable material from outside people’s homes has proved so successful it’s to be extended throughout all of Co Cork next year.