Bin row turns ugly

THE bin tax row turned ugly yesterday when a protester was knocked down and almost 50,000 households were left without waste collections.

The country’s largest trade union, SIPTU, last night called on local authorities to refrain from confrontation after bin collectors were temporarily laid off when they defied orders to face down protesters so that a High Court injunction could be enforced.

South Dublin County Council followed up the threat to their staff by warning they were considering sacking all of them and privatising waste collection for its 75,000 householders.