But Mr O’Sullivan’s other claims against the local authority remain in play. And now a Freedom of Information (FOI) request shows Caerphilly council has paid out a further £41,806.50 in legal fees since Mr O’Sullivan was dismissed. These are “the legal costs incurred by the local authority to defend the claim at the employment tribunal brought by the former chief executive”, the FOI says. Councillor Colin Mann, leader of the council’s Plaid Cymru group, said: “Many people in Caerphilly county may have thought the dismissal of the former chief executive Anthony O’Sullivan would have meant the end of the drain on the public purse.
A PLEA has been made by members of the public for safety measures to be improved along a stretch of road, before someone is killed. A number of crashes have occurred on the same stretch of road in Cefn Fforest and Blackwood, with three in a five week period. The residents have made their plea via petitions - with 386 signatures on an online petition created by Blackwood mayor Cllr Gerwyn James and a further 58 on a paper petition created by local councillors Kevin Etheridge, Andrew Farina-Childs and Graham Simmons. The petitions have been handed in to Caerphilly County Borough Council.