M50 dispute to be settled in six weeks

THE outcome of the multi- million-euro compensation row between a county council and British property firm Jackson Way will be known within six weeks, the arbitrator has said.

But the dispute took a twist when it emerged a legal agreement signed half a century ago prevented the company building anything on the land it now wants compensation for.

A covenant, signed in 1947 by prior owners. was only brought to the attention of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council after arbitration hearings were completed last year.