Council to pay €32m damages to firm

LIMERICK City Council is faced with a massive compensation payout to a construction company it wrongfully sacked from the city’s main drainage scheme five years ago.

Council to pay €32m damages to firm
Wed, 13 Sep, 2006 - 01:00
Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

Uniform Construction have been awarded €32.3 million by an arbitrator in a final report.

The company was fired from the main drainage scheme in 2001 amid claims it had fallen behind schedule and was over budget.

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