HAULIERS gave undertakings in the High Court yesterday that they would not blockade ports and highways under the terms of an injunction granted to the Competition Authority last Friday.
Mr Frank Clarke SC told the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Costello, that he represented haulage operators and other defendants in the case taken by the Competition Authority. He asked the judge to accept undertakings in lieu of the interim injunction granted to the authority.
He also asked Mr Justice Costello to adjourn the application made by the authority for an interlocutory injunction to next Monday.
Mr Clarke said that a third defendant, Master Carriers Transport Company Ltd, Upper Sheriff Street, against whom no injunction was granted, had agreed to give a similar undertaking.
Last Friday, Mr Justice Costello granted an interim injunction until yesterday, preventing the Irish Road Haulage Association Ltd, Dowling Freight Services Ltd, Mr Liam Flanagan, Mr Joseph Barrett and Mr John Nestor from seeking to secure an agreement on rates by blockading the ports or the areas around the ports or by blocking highways.