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Forty-one claims were made against Council relating to footpaths last year
A TOTAL of 41 claims were made in 2025 against Limerick City and County Council in relation to footpaths, new data has revealed.
The information, from a report by the council’s insurance firm, Irish Public Bodies, came in response to a question from Social Democrats councillor Elisa O’Donovan.
She asked for the number of claims made to the council in relation to footpaths across the metropolitan district.
In a written response, acting senior engineer John Sheehan confirmed: “The total number of footpath claims lodged in 2025 against Limerick City and County Council was 41.”
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He wrote that he could not break down claims by a geographical location like the city - the figure represents the whole county area.
“Footpath claims settled in 2025 are as a result of claims lodged up to seven to eight years previously. Since 2020, Limerick City and County Council has identified the locations throughout the city and county where claims were highest and targeted our resources to those areas in order to reduce the number of claims lodged,” he added.
Mr Sheehan said as a result of this effort, the number of claims have fallen year-on-year.
Council does not routinely publish claims related to footpaths.
But data given at a local authority meeting in November 2019 shows there were 361 active claims around pavements at that time.
Settlements totalling €2.4m had been paid out.
There has been a downward trend since following a tightening up of rules around making claims and work by the local authority.
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