A woman has sued for damages in the High Court claiming she was injured when a ceiling in her council house fell in on top of her. Janette Lakes claimed she was carrying two cups of tea from the kitchen to the sitting room when the ceiling came “bursting in on top of me”. My son who was there said a corner of the ceiling must have hit me on the head. She alleges there were leaks in an upstairs toilet and that water came through the ceiling which, it is claimed, was insecure and collapsed. She said she had written a letter outlining her concerns over the ceiling and cleared her rent arrears but the ceiling was not fixed.

Source: The Irish Times May 09, 2018 19:47 UTC