Woman hit by €1 coin sues council

A mother of nine has sued Cork City Council after she was struck by a €1 coin that flew up from a local authority lawnmower,
Valerie Purcell, aged 39, of Fairfield Meadows, Fairhill, Cork, was sitting on a bench at her local park in Farranree on the north side of Cork City on July 5, 2014, when grass-cutting was going on.