Householders avoiding bin charges face fines of €3,000

Households who are not paying bin charges face fines of up to €3,000 as part of a new crackdown by Environment Minister Alan Kelly. Over a quarter of households do not have a regular bin collection service, and some of them are suspected of engaging in illegal dumping or stuffing their rubbish into public bins.

A new database is going to be set up by councils which will contain the names and addresses ...