Ireland’s roads are going to pot...

DESPITE having paid out over €1.2 million due to pothole damage since 2005, local authorities have no specific definition as to what actually constitutes a pothole.

Despite handling almost 9,000 claims in the same period, only 13 of the 30 local authorities surveyed, have a specific definition of what a pothole is.

Eight councils have no formal definition but issued an explanation which is “generally accepted” by the local authority. A total of nine local authorities have no specific definition.