Woman hit by €1 coin sues council

A mother of nine has sued Cork City Council after she was struck by a €1 coin that flew up from a local authority lawnmower.

Woman hit by €1 coin sues council

Valerie Purcell, aged 39, of Fairfield Meadows, Fairhill, Cork, was sitting on a bench at her local park in Farranree on the north side of Cork City on July 5, 2014, when grass-cutting was going on.

She testified at Cork Circuit Court yesterday that the sit-on lawnmower came within a metre of the park bench, sending a €1 coin flying through the air, which struck her on the leg.

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