Biggest ever footpath repair programme planned for Cork City

With 633 successful claims since 2014, it means Cork City Council pays out an average of €19,905 per successful compensation claim.

A local authority hopes to secure a multi-million loan and match-funding package to begin work on the single largest footpath repair programme ever across Cork city.

It comes as new figures show that Cork City Council paid out more than €12.6m in compensation claims for trips or falls on footpaths over the last decade.