Concern over rate of pedestrian fatalities

Safe roadside walkways may soon be created around Co Cork in an effort to cut down on pedestrian deaths.

According to a senior garda, eight pedestrians were killed in the county last year, which was far higher than the national average and a cause for concern.

Chief Supt Ger Dillane said, nationally, there were 186 motorists killed last year compared to 46 pedestrians. However, 12 motorists in total were killed in Cork in 2011 which demonstrated the high ratio of pedestrian deaths in the region.