Councillors stunned by refuse fee plans

STUNNED county councillors in Waterford say they can not support proposals to double refuse charges in the region, as is proposed by the local authority to meet its spiralling debts.

The first some councillors knew of the proposal to almost double refuse charges across county Waterford to €23 per wheelie bin lift was when it was revealed in yesterday’s exclusive story in the Irish Examiner, according to Sinn Féin councillor Brendan Mansfield.

County Waterford’s landfill will close before the end of this year and waste from 19,000 householders across the county will have to be transported to Carlow.