Woman sues Tipperary council over brain injury claiming car aquaplaned on road

South Tipperary County Council has contended that the road surface at the accident location was more than satisfactory and it offered more than sufficient grip to vehicles

It is the woman's case that water had pooled on the road and the ponding occurred as a result of alleged lack of drainage. File picture: iStock

A woman who claims her car aquaplaned on a bend on a Tipperary road and she suffered a profound brain injury when it careered out of control hitting a tree has sued South Tipperary County Council in the High Court.

Mother of three Tara Mulrooney, her counsel told the High Court, was found slumped unconscious in her car after it is claimed it went out of control and into a tree at a bend on the Clonmel to Fethard road, Tipperary, 12 years ago.