Council faces €50m damages ‘on its own’

ASSISTANT Government chief whip Billy Kelleher yesterday indicated that Limerick City Council will be on its own if a €50 million damages claim goes against it.

Uniform Construction Ltd is in line to get massive compensation following an arbitrator’s decision that the company was wrongly removed from the €240m Limerick Main Drainage Scheme in 2001.

The company won an €8m contract to do tunnelling work, but was sacked after falling behind with the work and going over budget.