Man killed by truck while collecting bins in Old Bawn

A RECYCLING company has been fined €60,000 for breaches of health and safety following the death of an employee in Dublin four years ago, reports Sonya McLean.

Padraig Thornton Waste Disposal Limited, trading as Thorntons Recycling, admitted that a refuse collection vehicle that was collecting recycling wheelie bins in Dun An Oir Estate, Old Bawn in Tallaght was defective and unsafe on March 19, 2020.