Woman, 88, who claims she was injured after alleged footpath fall settles for €160k

Counsel for the woman told the court their engineering expert would say there appeared to be vehicular damage to the footpath

The court heard Mrs Mahoney fell forward onto her face and outstretched arm suffering fractures to her arm and injury to her face. File picture

An 88-year-old woman who claimed she suffered injuries after she allegedly tripped and fell on a footpath in Kilkenny city has settled her High Court action for €160,000.

Sarah Mahoney, Pearse Street, Kilkenny, had sued Kilkenny County Council over the alleged fall four years ago. She claimed she was caused to lose her footing when she encountered an alleged defective and hazardous broken section of footpath.