Teacher killed after lorry hit tree branch

A RETIRED school teacher received fatal injuries when hit by a falling branch which had been broken off when hit by a passing lorry, an inquest heard yesterday.

It was claimed that Limerick City Council did not take sufficient safety measures to adequately prune trees along a busy street where a gas pile line was being laid.

Maura Horgan, 57, of Ashbourne Park, South Circular Road, and originally from Glin, Co Limerick, died on April 22 after the accident when she was out walking at around 10.30am.