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Aug 2022
14 m

Waste collection set to get pricier

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One of the largest waste collection companies in the country is to impose double-digit price rises on households from next month. In reaction to this Anton spoke to Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor of the Irish Independent and Mannix Flynn, Independent Dublin City Councilor. 
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