County council prepares to axe refuse collection service

THE country’s largest local authority is expected to axe its refuse collection service, which will affect 37,000 commercial and domestic customers.

Sources within Cork County Council have indicated it cannot continue to fund the loss-making service and will shortly seek “expressions of interest” from the private sector.

Council management will meet with staff unions this afternoon and Eddie Mullins of SIPTU has said the council will have a “problem” if it tries to force through the outsourcing without agreement.