Council awaits to €25m decision on sewage sacking

LIMERICK City Council will find out next week if it was right to sack a contractor on the main sewage scheme and if a €25 million non-binding award against them will be upheld.

The row dates back to November 2001 when Limerick City Council removed Uniform Construction as one of the contractors on the Limerick Main Drainage Scheme because they claimed the company was way behind time in completing it.

The company appealed this decision to a conciliator who found in its favour two years ago and recommended that Uniform Construction be awarded €25 million for being sacked from the contract and the damage this did to its good name.