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Tue 11 Nov 2004Increase in bin charges for DublinDublin City Council has passed the budget for 2005 by 30 votes to 15, despite the inclusion of controversial increased bin charges.The 10 Sinn Féin members opposed passing the budget, as did the Independent councillors Mick Rafferty, Joan Collins, and Vincent Jackson. Labour councillors Eric Byrne and Emer Costello also opposed it.