Council accepts accident liability

Cork County Council withdrew its claim of contributory negligence against a worker in a tree felling fatal accident case.

The council also stated it had made efforts to notify the deceased’s family as soon as the accident occurred.

The family of the late Michael O’Donovan, aged 44, a father-of-three from Aghabullogue, Co Cork, and an employee of Cork County Council, has brought a case for compensation to the High Court in Cork arising out of his death while working on a compound off Carr’s Hill, Douglas, in November 2012.