Bord na gCon litigation cost €3.9m in six years

BORD na gCon, according to a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, has a history of litigation that cost the semi-state body in excess of €3.9 million in the period 2000-2006.

The single biggest settlement, costing in excess of €1.4m in March of last year, followed a settlement with a company providing tote operation services. The figure was made up of €500,000 in damages and nearly €940,000 in costs.

During the 2000-2006 period, a total of 24 severance packages cost the body €2.3m.