POOR children in a prosperous city are forced to scavenge for food in bins, a leading charity claimed last night. St Vincent de Paul (SVP) said two five-year-olds were spotted rooting through a bin on Kilkenny’s High Street by a local social worker in recent days. Liam Heffernan, president of Kilkenny SVP told the ‘Kilkenny People’: “I also saw an adult searching through a... 

Householders could be fined up to £1,000 if they fail to comply with complex new rules on refuse sorting. Food scraps, tea bags and vegetable peelings could be banned from landfill sites under government plans to be unveiled today. Families could end up with five different bins and receptacles – including compulsory slop buckets for food waste – and be forced to sift through rubbish for...