€1.5m in claims against Kerry council

Claims against Kerry County Council for pers- onal injuries and damage resulted in payments of more than €1.5m since 2014, it has emerged.

The claims are those paid out by the county council between January 2014 and June 2016.

The main towns, Tralee and Killarney and Listowel, only came under the control of the county council in June 2014, and it is not clear if the figure released by the council includes the three towns for that six months period.