Cork council to consider taking out €10m loan to fund footpath repairs

Cork City Council paid out nearly €5m in compensation claims for trips and falls on footpaths between 2019 and 2023, councillors told

'Everyone is getting it on the doors. This council should acknowledge we have a problem with footpath renewal.' File picture: David Keane

Cork city officials have agreed to explore drawing down a multi-million loan to fund a massive footpath repair blitz.

But they said they would find a way to service the loan first before it would ever be approved by the Department of Local Government.