A REFUSE collection firm, at the centre of an industrial dispute for almost nine weeks, has accused trade union SIPTU of trying to use a small minority of workers to “derail” the company.

A LEADING waste company has claimed before the High Court that five senior managers who left the company on the same day this month are conspiring with One Fifty One plc to effect a hostile takeover.

DOMESTIC waste from the Mid-West is being sent to be burned in the kilns of a Swedish cement plant as part of a major refuse disposal initiative.

THE GREEN Party last night called for an investigation into why thousands of tonnes of recyclable waste are being sent to Sweden to be burned as fuel.

Former champion Johnny O'Sullivan and co-driver Pat Cashman take a four point lead over Alan Ring (Subaru Impreza N10) and Barry Coleman (Subaru Impreza WRC) to Waterford for the latest round of the 023 Tiles Southern 4 Rally Championship.