Damages award a set back for walkers in Ireland

Earlier this month the walking community in Ireland was greatly alarmed to learn that a woman, who slipped and cut her knee on a boardwalk when walking The Wicklow Way, was awarded €40,000 damages against the National Parks & Wildlife Service who had installed it, writes Damien Enright

The court found the NPWS failed to maintain the boardwalk.

The woman’s knee required seven stitches. She asserted that she could no longer run half-marathons or climb hills. She is 59.