Council excels at re-Cycling abandoned bikes

The bikes had been left locked up by owners who had no intention of coming back for them.

A county council says a new policy to deal with the scourge of abandoned bikes has seen 18 bicycles removed and sent for recycling.

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCC) introduced the scheme for dealing with deserted bikes late last year, where they had been left locked up by owners who had no intention of coming back for them.