New procedure for claiming pothole tyre damage for Cork County

PENPEN500

HI All,

Made absolute xxxx of a NEW tyre the other day. Found VERY little on how to claim for a replacement online , so did a bit of digging. Note this is only for Cork County Council.

Text POTHOLE + (YOUR REG #) TO 51777

They will send you a link to fill out.

MaKe sure you take lots of pictures of the road in the direction you were travelling, a close up of the pothole, a picture of the wheel and tyre damage, pic of tax disc, ins disc , nct disc, tax book, drivers licence and a few more details and you're damage will be refunded in full! NICE TO KNOW WITH THE STATE OF OUR ROADS NOWADAYS !! GOOD LUCK!

JVince

my guess is you are quite young - under 35/40.

If you think roads are bad now, you should have tried driving in the 80's

Generally Irish roads are as good as any in a comparable country and these days would definitely be better than the roads in the UK. But you will get potholes now and then and even the odd sinkhole

scrotist

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122107769#Comment_122107769

I guess you haven't visited Cork in a while.

My missus is from Brazil and she said the roads in Cork city centre remind her of the favelas.

Rusky rusky

Thanks to OP @PENPEN500 for the claim process info. Busted my tyre in April, reported the protruding stone to the council, got the case number and submitted the claim to IPB. Last week they agreed to pay €295 for tyre replacement and installation without admitting liabity (obviously). Money have landed in my account yesterday. Happy days!

PENPEN500

@jvince I'm no spring chicken but thank you for your kind comments. ☺️

PENPEN500

@ruskyrusky Nice one! Happy to help. It's a handy system. You did a right job on the tyre, they were quick to fill it in. It took ccc a month to fill the pothole that blew my tyre out.

patrickc

I claimed through this for a pothole that destroyed my new tyre in Laois. They refused to pay here was their reason.

"We refer to the above matter and previous correspondence.
We wish to advise that our investigations into this matter are now complete. Based on our
investigations we are of the view that the defence of nonfeasance is open to us and we are
therefore denying liability in respect of this claim.
There are thousands of kilometres of road network in the charge of Laois County Council and it
is simply not feasible for them to be aware of every defect on every roadway. They rely on the
public to notify them of any issues at which point they will look to carry out remedial works.
Whilst every effort is made by the Council to repair and maintain roads within the funds
allocated for this purpose, the Council cannot be held responsible for damage resulting from
normal wear and tear of the road.
Laois County Council therefore have not breached a duty of care to you and therefore the legal
defence of nonfeasance is available to us and we will rely upon same.
It is with regret that we wish to advise that we can be of no financial assistance to you in
respect of this matter."

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122373769#Comment_122373769

Honestly reach out to your local councillors and they’ll sort you after they speak with the Laois CC.

It’s the exact kinda stuff they’re there to do.

pah

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122107769#Comment_122107769

If ever a post deserved the introduction of some kind of down-voting mechanism on here, FML 🙄

JP Liz V1

They deducted 15% off my mam's claim, bank transfer reimbursement without admitting liability

con747

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122532331#Comment_122532331

It's their normal type post.

JVince

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122532350#Comment_122532350

eh, roads in the 80's here were absolutely appalling. I used to cross the border regularly and enjoy driving on the superb roads they had back then in Northern Ireland.

Its now the polar opposite. Roads in Northern Ireland are appalling and roads here are of a good standard in the main. Of course you will have local issues, but talk to anyone who drove for a living in the 70's & 80's and they'll tell you the same.

Yep - its my normal type of post. No floral BS pandering to those who whine and moan about the smallest things in life who were cosseted by their mammys and would have a total inability to deal with an actual REAL issue.

ItHurtsWhenIP

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122534302#Comment_122534302

I'd have to agree with you on the state of the roads on either side of the border.

I went from Ballyshannon to Enniskillen in the mid-80's and after crossing the border the roads that were in Fermanagh were superb, compared to the cratered and badly filled shyte in the Republic.

I hadn't driven back over the border in a couple of decades, until this month when I went to Armagh. After turning off the A1, the road surface became very poor and especially on the more rural, secondary roads outside of Armagh itself.

Rows Grower

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122532350#Comment_122532350

Remember the time he kept digging the hole for himself over the chipper van? That was funny.