Over €200,000 in insurance payouts were made last year due to claims made against Leitrim County Council.
A further €10,000 was paid out in the first three months of this year.
Claims against local authorites are paid by their insurers, Irish Public Bodies.
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New figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show 25 public-liability claims were settled on behalf of Leitrim County Council last year.
They amounted to a total of 200,348 euro - an average of over €8,000 per claim.
Eight motor claims were settled at a cost of €6,265.
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A very significant amount of claims related to footpath, slips and trips - amounting to over €197,000 last year.
Over €3,000 was paid out as a result of 5 pothole damage claims.
