Ballinasloe Picket, Waste dispute escalates
All refuse collection services in County Galway are to be suspended tomorrow following a confrontation at Ballinasloe dump between private waste collection companies and Corporation refuse lorry drivers. Six Corporation lorries were prevented from entering the dump by the private contractors who placed pickets there early today. They say they were forced to take the action to highlight the fact that, from today, they have no place to dump commercial waste from Galway City.
In a statement, Galway Corporation said that it had been forced to take this action because of the protest. The Corporation decision means that there will be no domestic or industrial refuse collection in County Galway tomorrow. It is understood that efforts are being made to get talks underway between Corporation officials and the private waste contractors.
