Work changes threaten cash-strapped council’s survival plan

CHANGED work practices, including the cutting out of overtime for bin men and non-replacement of staff who go sick, could lead to problems for a compromise deal which has been agreed by councillors to keep Tralee Town Council in business.

Tralee SIPTU official Con Casey yesterday said the first they heard of changes in working arrangements was at Monday night's crunch meeting, which decided to save the council on a 10-2 vote.

The cash-strapped council, which is being undercut by private waste contractors, agreed to continue its waste collection for nine months with some changes, as outlined by acting town engineer John Sheehan.