€70,000 spent on legal fees over an 8.5 by 2m strip of land

Learning how to navigate your way around mapping errors

Maps were converted to electronic form in the 2005-2010 digital mapping project. It t is possible to rectify any errors that were made. File Picture.  

Recently it was reported that a man spent over €70,000 on legal fees, having lost a court battle over an 8.5 by 2m strip of land.

The man alleged that there was a mapping error when the maps were digitised in 2005 by the Property Registration Authority.