Council set to fight €116m compo claim

OFFICIALS facing a €116 million compensation demand from a company being investigated by the Flood Tribunal have vowed to vigorously fight the claim.

Jackson Way Properties (JWP) will this morning begin telling an arbitration hearing why it believes 22 acres of land compulsorily purchased from it for the South Eastern Motorway are worth more than €5m a piece.

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown (DLR) County Council, which took over the land for the motorway, will argue for an undisclosed but drastically reduced pay-out.