Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open.
You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough.
If you've seen value in our reporting, please contribute what you can, so we can continue to produce accurate and meaningful journalism. For everyone who needs it.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL (DCC) has been criticised for leaving residents “in the dark” about a bin service changeover that is due to take place on Monday.
From 16 January, the council’s bin services will be transferred to Greyhound Recycling and residents will be subject to a pre-pay system.
Labour TD John Lyons has slammed DCC for its handling of the changeover.
“I can appreciate the logistical effort involved in the transfer of this service but the lack of timely information for residents has not been acceptable,” Lyons said in a statement yesterday.
The new system requires 140,000 residents to register an account with Greyhound, as well as pay upfront for removal services.
Many residents will not receive their information packs until Tuesday, after the transfer of service has taken place. This is a particular concern for elderly residents who may have been unaware of any changes until they check their post today or early next week.”
The annual service charge of €80 or €100 (depending on bin size) must be paid within thirty days of 16 January. If it is not paid, bins will not be collected after 15 February.
Advertisement
The current charge for each large black bin lift will be maintained at €6 for an initial period of at least 6 months. The smaller black bin will cost €3.60 per lift and the brown bin €2.
The green bin collection continues to be free of charge.
Lyons has also called for payment options to be extended as currently payments are only accepted online, at post offices or at local shops using Payzone or PostPoint outlets.
In terms of the upfront annual charge, Lyons said that some people are used to paying this in instalments.
“‘I have raised this point with the City Council and with Greyhound and I am calling again for a half year or quarterly payment option to be put in place,” he said.
Greyhound have confirmed that all black and brown bins will be collected on the same day as currently scheduled but the green recycling bin will be collected on alternative weeks.
There will be no jump in rates for at least six months, DCC advised on their website. However, a small increase will be implemented in July.
The assistant City Manager Seamus Lyons has said there will be a “seamless transfer” of services. The company believes it will save DCC about €60 million over the next six years. It also says it sends less material to landfill than its competitors.
Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone...
A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article.
Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation.
Better than the Irish State making a loss for us. Because let’s be honest, that’s what’d happen if you had civil servants and politicians drilling for oil.
20 years on I can see a tribunal being set up questioning as to why our government gave away our natural resources! Just like the mobile phone licences! The rich get richer and we get pissed on!..
20 years on I can see a tribunal being set up questioning as to why our government gave away our natural resources! Just like the mobile phone licences! The rich get richer and we get pissxd on!..
@David… Norway’s politicians and civil servants are doing a pretty good job of making sure their populace receive what they’re due from their natural resources… Free and equal education being perhaps the most impressive.
Pipe Down is an hour long documentary that tells the story of a rural community in Co. Mayo in Ireland, who have been battling the oil giant Shell over their plans to put a dangerous raw gas pipeline through the community and complete construction of a gas processing terminal that is a threat to their delicate environment.
The documentary features interviews with Colin Joyce of Shell Ireland; Willie Corduff, a local farmer & one of the Rossport Five; Pat O’Donnell, a local fisherman; Gerry Coyle, a County Councillor for the area (Fine Gael); Eoin O’Leidhin & Diane Amber, activists with the Shell-to-Sea group; Terence Conway, a spokesperson for the Shell-to-Sea group; and Niall Harnett, who co-ordinates the solidarity camp in the area.
Adrian, does it really make sense to you that we give away our most valuable resources at a time when we are forced to sell off state assets and worse still so many of our citizens are barely making ends meet.
If it’s an asset why doesn’t the government explore it with the assistance of international expertise? We’re basically giving it away, the government only claims tax on profit minus cost of exploration, a figure in the billions which these global oil companies just pull out of their behinds!
wait for it more excuses from new goverment telling us Why we wont be making any money from it and that its to hard for common man to understand except for teachers now working in dail
ah its only oil. lets just give it away instead of learning how to drill it for ourselves. too much hassle that whole learning from your mistakes thing
The Govt leave the oil barons take the huge multi Billion profits from Irish Oil in Irish Waters and gain nothing for the country, and the taxpayer foots the bill for the bailouts….Hmmm….!!!
Government of the people, by the people, for the people
More like
Government of Clowns, by the people, for big business/bankers/developers
Nothing to stop you yourself buying shares in Providence, I’ve been on them since €2.20 and they are now around the €8 mark, I’ll sell when they hit €10 and take a tidy 450% return on investment.
So it’s not true to say the Irish people haven’t made money from our oil and gas, I’m not the only one, there has been a thread on Boards.ie on Providence since they were at 21c a share.
By next year my initial €5k will have turned into €23k, I then owe Revenue 30% capital gains on the €18k profit so they’ll be getting a (reluctant ! )cheque for around €5,500, I’ll pocket the difference and use it for a house deposit in 2013, at the very least money is washing around the economy and Revenue is getting their slice, not to mention the new property tax I’ll have to pay on buying a house.
Do any of you moaners know the costs of drilling for oil? Over the last 40 years billions have been spent looking for oil off the coasts of Ireland with very few showing any promise. So am I to take it that you’d all have been happy with the Irish government spend that sort of money with slim prospects of return over the years?
So typical of the kind of comments on Journal. Ignore the failed well over the last 40 years and moan about the 2 that have proven someway sucessful.
Don’t be bringing sense and reason to the journal comments don’t you know that’s only people who once saw a video once on youtube or read an article online and are therfore instant experts are allowed
Billions spent ??? U got that figure from where. I’ll moan all i want when its deserved. U keep that charade up of believing oil companies and your government. I’ll just go on their history.
the cost of drilling, a sure there’s not much out there and tis dear to extract it ! and of course we will take your word for it! sure the oil companies are only doing us a favor!!! ,then why take it out of the ground? this stuff is getting more expensive as time goes by.why let it go so cheaply?whats wrong with leaving it for the next generation or two?what will the value be in 50 yrs?and the talk of a pension deficit in the years to come?we seem to be in a rush to unburden ourselves of a valuable resource.
Give Hugo Chavez a ring he’l send up a few experts to show us the way problem sorted .Enda might not make the call though due to fear of assassination.
Oil and Gas resources!! Wonder what excuse the US can use to invade Ireland for the Oil and Gas???
Weapons of mass destruction??
Crimes against humanity??
Surely they will think up something !!!
Large Amplitude verses Offset Response – Seismic waves are made up of Shear Waves (sideways vibration) and Pressure Waves (compression vibration). When a rock contains allot of fluid … Pressure Waves are conducted through the rock more efficiently than Shear Waves. That way seismic profiling can map areas of rock that’s full of water, sorry oil.
why bother reporting these stories, its not gonna mean a btl of piss to the ordinary person who will still pay huge amounts for oil and gas, all this does is rub it in our faces we were too stupid as a nation to try invest in our own gear to try find this oil instead for a quick euro we handed over and now someone has struck oil and were hear moaning……..thats life lads thats how the rich get rich and the rest of us have to suffer from there greed and wealth
Once again the Govt have been silent on this issue. I thought FG were going to be different and keep us informed with regular national broadcasts from An Taoiseach. They need to come out and explain to the people why whey arent bothered negotiating better terms for OUR resources.
This is very pertinent. Brent Crude closed at $112.14c per barrel. Do those sums. Borrow 3Bn and set up a state oil company and learn how to drill our own oil. Employment, cash for the state coffers and expertise for future projects. Better than giving it all up for relatively naff all. Am I missing something?
Obviously joe they don’t but surely investing in wave or wind or algae based ethanol is better than using something that is nearly finished. We are scraping the sides of the bottle at this stage as regards oil.
I don’t think I would be approving my government to spend a fortune on speculative projects such as this.
Am I missing something here or what is it that the government has done wrong now?
Do the US and UK governments drill for oil in their own territories or do they licence oil companies?
What a lot of governments do is lure in oil companies with low taxes, then hike them after large finds, or better yet, nationalise the finds, once they have been located and developed.
That better well be the bloody plan in Leinster house!
A total of 2.1 billion barrels @ €112 each.
That’s our national debt sorted!
Veteran US lawmaker Mitch McConnell announces his retirement
4 mins ago
26
2
Israel
Israel's defence minister orders West Bank raids to intensify following bomb attack
1 hr ago
4.5k
Met Éireann
Status Yellow wind warning for 10 counties tomorrow as stormy conditions expected
Updated
5 hrs ago
49.2k
40
Your Cookies. Your Choice.
Cookies help provide our news service while also enabling the advertising needed to fund this work.
We categorise cookies as Necessary, Performance (used to analyse the site performance) and Targeting (used to target advertising which helps us keep this service free).
We and our 148 partners store and access personal data, like browsing data or unique identifiers, on your device. Selecting Accept All enables tracking technologies to support the purposes shown under we and our partners process data to provide. If trackers are disabled, some content and ads you see may not be as relevant to you. You can resurface this menu to change your choices or withdraw consent at any time by clicking the Cookie Preferences link on the bottom of the webpage .Your choices will have effect within our Website. For more details, refer to our Privacy Policy.
We and our vendors process data for the following purposes:
Use precise geolocation data. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Store and/or access information on a device. Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development.
Cookies Preference Centre
We process your data to deliver content or advertisements and measure the delivery of such content or advertisements to extract insights about our website. We share this information with our partners on the basis of consent. You may exercise your right to consent, based on a specific purpose below or at a partner level in the link under each purpose. Some vendors may process your data based on their legitimate interests, which does not require your consent. You cannot object to tracking technologies placed to ensure security, prevent fraud, fix errors, or deliver and present advertising and content, and precise geolocation data and active scanning of device characteristics for identification may be used to support this purpose. This exception does not apply to targeted advertising. These choices will be signaled to our vendors participating in the Transparency and Consent Framework.
Manage Consent Preferences
Necessary Cookies
Always Active
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then these services may not function properly.
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not be able to monitor our performance.
Store and/or access information on a device 102 partners can use this purpose
Cookies, device or similar online identifiers (e.g. login-based identifiers, randomly assigned identifiers, network based identifiers) together with other information (e.g. browser type and information, language, screen size, supported technologies etc.) can be stored or read on your device to recognise it each time it connects to an app or to a website, for one or several of the purposes presented here.
Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development 133 partners can use this purpose
Use limited data to select advertising 103 partners can use this purpose
Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times an ad is presented to you).
Create profiles for personalised advertising 75 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service (such as forms you submit, content you look at) can be stored and combined with other information about you (for example, information from your previous activity on this service and other websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a profile about you (that might include possible interests and personal aspects). Your profile can be used (also later) to present advertising that appears more relevant based on your possible interests by this and other entities.
Use profiles to select personalised advertising 74 partners can use this purpose
Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on your advertising profiles, which can reflect your activity on this service or other websites or apps (like the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects.
Create profiles to personalise content 36 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service (for instance, forms you submit, non-advertising content you look at) can be stored and combined with other information about you (such as your previous activity on this service or other websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a profile about you (which might for example include possible interests and personal aspects). Your profile can be used (also later) to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests.
Use profiles to select personalised content 32 partners can use this purpose
Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services (for instance, the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects. This can for example be used to adapt the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find (non-advertising) content that matches your interests.
Measure advertising performance 124 partners can use this purpose
Information regarding which advertising is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine how well an advert has worked for you or other users and whether the goals of the advertising were reached. For instance, whether you saw an ad, whether you clicked on it, whether it led you to buy a product or visit a website, etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of advertising campaigns.
Measure content performance 59 partners can use this purpose
Information regarding which content is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine whether the (non-advertising) content e.g. reached its intended audience and matched your interests. For instance, whether you read an article, watch a video, listen to a podcast or look at a product description, how long you spent on this service and the web pages you visit etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of (non-advertising) content that is shown to you.
Understand audiences through statistics or combinations of data from different sources 72 partners can use this purpose
Reports can be generated based on the combination of data sets (like user profiles, statistics, market research, analytics data) regarding your interactions and those of other users with advertising or (non-advertising) content to identify common characteristics (for instance, to determine which target audiences are more receptive to an ad campaign or to certain contents).
Develop and improve services 79 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service, such as your interaction with ads or content, can be very helpful to improve products and services and to build new products and services based on user interactions, the type of audience, etc. This specific purpose does not include the development or improvement of user profiles and identifiers.
Use limited data to select content 37 partners can use this purpose
Content presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type, or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times a video or an article is presented to you).
Use precise geolocation data 42 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Actively scan device characteristics for identification 24 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your screen) in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Ensure security, prevent and detect fraud, and fix errors 82 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity (for example, regarding advertising, ad clicks by bots), and ensure systems and processes work properly and securely. It can also be used to correct any problems you, the publisher or the advertiser may encounter in the delivery of content and ads and in your interaction with them.
Deliver and present advertising and content 92 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Certain information (like an IP address or device capabilities) is used to ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device.
Match and combine data from other data sources 65 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Information about your activity on this service may be matched and combined with other information relating to you and originating from various sources (for instance your activity on a separate online service, your use of a loyalty card in-store, or your answers to a survey), in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Link different devices 48 partners can use this feature
Always Active
In support of the purposes explained in this notice, your device might be considered as likely linked to other devices that belong to you or your household (for instance because you are logged in to the same service on both your phone and your computer, or because you may use the same Internet connection on both devices).
Identify devices based on information transmitted automatically 81 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Your device might be distinguished from other devices based on information it automatically sends when accessing the Internet (for instance, the IP address of your Internet connection or the type of browser you are using) in support of the purposes exposed in this notice.
Save and communicate privacy choices 60 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters). This is necessary in order to enable both this service and those entities to respect such choices.
have your say