Investigation into council blunder begins

John Murphy

One official has already apologised publicly for the blunder, which saw businesses in Dungarvan urged to impose increased charges for refuse collection tags by the county council, even though the tags have not even been considered by the local town council.

The nine elected town councillors have reacted furiously to the county council officials who circulated the letter, with Labour’s dual town and county councillor Billy Kyne accusing them of showing a lack of respect for the town council.