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Tue 12 Dec 2009Dublin local authorities tried to oust waste firms
DUBLIN’S FOUR local authorities had breached competition law by abusing their dominant position in the household waste collection market in a bid to remove rival private operators, a High Court judge has ruled.
Mr Justice Liam McKechnie quashed a variation to the Dublin region waste management plan whereby only the councils, or contractors appointed by them, could collect household waste.
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