Staff stage sit-in as waste firm closes

Up to 25 staff of a well-known Cork waste firm began a sit-in at its premises last night after being told the company was closing and they were losing their jobs.

The Healy’s Blue Bin workers said they were called into to a meeting by the company’s owner Aidan Healy and managing director Nora Healy when they arrived for work at 8am yesterday.

They were told the company was closing, to go home and to report back for their owed wages at 5pm.