Michael Moynihan: Time to look beneath the surface — potholes are a serious business

Tracking the evolution of local potholes as they appear, are repaired, and reappear again has become an unfortunate part of our heritage, writes Michael Moynihan
Michael Moynihan: Time to look beneath the surface — potholes are a serious business

Cork City Council spent more than €10,000 on pothole claims over an 18-month period, according to reports.

A couple of weeks ago, yours truly pointed the car along Anderson’s Quay — ready to whiz past Jury’s — when immediate evasive action was required because of the looming abyss which presented itself in the middle of the road.

I’m not speaking in metaphors. The yawning hole was a physical reality rather than an existential crisis — in specific terms a vast, jagged bunker in the road, an obstacle positioned perfectly to suck the vehicle down into the netherworld beneath our feet, never to be seen again.

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