Protesters at waste depot call for action

The environment minister has been asked to intervene in a row over the operation of a controversial waste depot in a suburb on Cork’s northside.

About 80 residents mounted a protest on the access road to the Country Clean facility in Churchfield yesterday, blocking access for refuse trucks for almost an hour.

The Northside Says No To Rubbish campaigners said they have witnessed little improvement in the management of the facility despite company assurances last month that things would change.