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

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.