Retailer faces probe over dumped fridges

POWER CITY, the electrical goods retailer, has been asked to explain how fridges collected on behalf of the company ended up in a halting site in west Dublin instead of being disposed of as hazardous waste.

Hundreds of fridges were discovered in Clondalkin by South Dublin County Council waste enforcement officers.

An investigation has been launched by the council after nearly 700 appliances were discovered at Travellers’ sites at Lynch’s Lane and Nangor Road in the west Dublin district. The Travellers are believed to have been paid €5 for each fridge.