Residents to block access to waste plant

A community has threatened to bring Cork city’s bin collection system to a halt in a row over the management of a large waste depot.

Residents who have mounted a campaign to highlight the problems they claim are being caused by the waste facilities at Churchfield Industrial Estate, are now planning to blockade the largest operator’s compound, and its fleet of waste collection trucks, unless conditions improve.

“The authorities have created a monster here,” said Maurice Sheehan, a spokesman for Northside Says No to Rubbish campaign.