Protest criticised by union chief

Efforts to involve the trade union movement in the anti-bin charges protest received a setback when Irish Congress of Trade Unions general secretary David Begg came out strongly against the campaign.

He called on the jailed duo Deputy Joe Higgins and Councillor Clare Daly to "cool things down" by purging their contempt, because they are leading "ordinary working people into a cul-de-sac of imprisonment in pursuit of a political objective."

Some people have been exploiting public emotions in this campaign. There is no such thing as free waste disposal.