City council spends €1m on 47 claims linked to falls

Cork City Council has spent almost €1m dealing with 47 claims linked to trips and falls since the start of 2011.

Figures released under Freedom of Information show from the start of 2011 to the end of last month, Cork City Council received 303 personal injury claims from incidents arising on public roads and paths, parks, and open spaces.

Of those, 168 related to incidents on the city’s northside, as opposed to 98 in the southside of the city and just 37 in the city centre.