City safety audit sought after student’s 30ft fatal plunge

A jury at Cork City Coroner’s Court has recommended a city-wide safety audit of split-level walls after hearing how a student plunged 30ft to his death.

Caolan Mulrooney, 18, from Thornbury Heights, Rochestown, Co Cork, climbed a six-foot high wall at the end of the East View Terrace cul-de-sac, off Quaker Road, around 1.30am on Dec 2 last after a night out with friends.

But his judgment was clouded by alcohol and he didn’t realise there was a 30ft drop on the other side. He fell into a storage yard and died at the scene. His body lay there for four days.