Waste disposal company Greyhound is seeking a High Court order to put a stop to what they describe as a blockade by staff at their Clondalkin plant in west Dublin.

The court has heard over 60 of its waste workers are protesting over pay and conditions.

Greyhound claims the impromptu protest today by waste collectors is in 'no way peaceful'.

They say a lorry driver was intimidated and obstructed from entering the Clondalkin plant, while another man was injured during the picket

However when Judge Max Barrett was shown video footage of the protest, he concluded that it looked perfectly peaceful.

The court heard the industrial dispute centres on a recent Labour Court recommendation reducing staff pay.

Greyhound which collects waste from 110,000 households in Dublin says it is also concerned that this protest is being wrongly characterised as a 'lockout'.

They have come to court on an ex-parte - or one side only - basis seeking orders stopping what they describe as a blockade of their plant.

Earlier, a Greyhound worker was taken to hospital after being hit by a bin truck. It happened at the unofficial protest outside the company depot in Knockmitten near Clondalkin.

It is understood the truck was reversing at the time.