More than 200 motorists contacted Cork County Council about the costs incurred from hitting pot- holes in one area of Co Cork, and there are fears that more damage could be inflicted on vehicles because roads are not being properly repaired after watermain leaks.

A 27-year-old man died after his car hit a ditch adjacent to a junction of a main road in East Cork early yesterday.

TRANSPORT Minister Seamus Brennan is to call a special summit meeting of all road safety groups within the next fortnight following another weekend of carnage on Irish roads which claimed 10 lives.