Court rejects €20m compo bid for 20km move

A former technician at the state laboratory put in a claim for €20m compensation after the lab relocated 20km away.

Justin Harmon’s claim has been dismissed by the High Court, but he now intends to bring his case to the Supreme Court.

Mr Harmon claimed he had a valid contract that entitled him to the €20m arising out of the laboratory’s relocation from Abbotstown in Dublin to the Backweston Laboratory Campus in Celbridge, Co Kildare, in 2005.