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A protest at Dublin Port broadened this afternoon after Marine Terminals Limited (MTL) was granted a court injunction against workers picketing its premises over plans to introduce compulsory redundancies and cuts in terms and conditions.

Siptu members working for MTL, one of nine competing terminals operating at Dublin Port, placed pickets at the company's premises at 6am today.