Council’s legal fees outstrip cost of compensation

COMPENSATION claims in 2005 cost Cork County Council less than the legal fees it had to fork out to settle the cases.

Council’s legal fees outstrip cost of compensation
Tue, 27 Nov, 2007 - 00:00
Sean O’Riordan

This emerged yesterday in a report prepared by the council’s head of finance, Ger Power.

In 2005 payouts for personal injury cases cost the council €1,064,000. In addition it had to pay €34,000 for damage to property.

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