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Cash for a different ash - questions over who's making money from the bonfire tyres. 

Cash for a different ash - questions over who's making money from the bonfire tyres. PUP leader Billy Hutchinson talks to Vinny. 

At the weekend contractors working for Belfast City Council removed over 1800 tyres from a bonfire at Lismore Street. There was the usual concern over the toxicity of burning tyres, the danger to human health both in the short and the long term. But there's also another issue, where do the tyres come from? If you're a car owner, you'll be familiar with the routine of going to a tyre company, paying a lot of money for new tyres but also having to pay for the disposal of the old tyres in an environmentally friendly manner - the charge is usually £1.50 per tyre. The tyre fitting company is then supposed to send those tyres for shredding and at that point they pass on the money they charged you. But obviously, that isn't happening in all cases - so are some unscrupulous companies taking your money, keeping most of it and paying the bonfire builders to do their dirty work? Vinny spoke to the PUP leader Billy Hutchinson.

Also on the programme, a heartbroken father says he's disappointed and angry about the state of Dundonald Graveyard. Charles Moffett's daughter, Samantha Jane, died two years ago and is buried there, close to Belfast city centre. However, Mr Moffett says it is now is a state of disrepair - and says its only a matter of time before someone is hurt tending to their loved ones graves. Our reporter, Nicola Weir, went to meet Mr Moffett at the cemetery.

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