Limerick City Council pays legal fees of €600,000

LIMERICK City Council paid out just over €617,500 in legal expenses to solicitor firms and lawyers last year.

However, this figure does not include what the council describes as “significant” legals costs arising out of the sacking of Uniform Construction from the Limerick Main Drainage Scheme.

Figures released by the council under the Freedom of Information Act show that the Limerick firm of Holmes O’Malley received the biggest sum from the council in 2005, totalling €221,067 in fees, VAT and outlay. The fees alone came to just over €160,000.