Legal row over aquatic centre costs state at least €1.2m

THE row over the running of the National Aquatic Centre has cost the state at least €1.2 million in legal fees to date.

Legal row over aquatic centre costs state at least €1.2m
Wed, 19 Mar, 2008 - 00:00
Paul O’Brien, Political Correspondent

The row was described as a “long, sorry saga” by the then sports minister John O’Donoghue in 2006.

In 2002, Dublin Waterworld, had been awarded the 30-year lease to operate the €62.5m centre.

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