Dublin waste firm loses challenge over information disclosure decision

In a 99-page judgment on Tuesday, Mr Justice Mark Heslin rejected the challenge by M50 Skip Hire & Recycling Ltd, based in Santry, to that July 2019 decision

A waste collection company has lost its High Court challenge to the Commissioner for Environmental Information's decision permitting a man to access certain waste destination data.

A Dublin-based waste collection company has lost its High Court challenge to the Commissioner for Environmental Information's decision permitting a man to access certain waste destination data.

The Commissioner had ruled, while the data (WDD) was industrially confidential within the meaning of 2007 regulations on access to environmental information, the public interest was served by permitting rather than refusing its disclosure.