Woman falls on atrocious footpath

The atrocious state of the Chapel Road footpath claimed another victim last evening, when a woman returning from the Womens Mini Marathon in Dublin tripped and fell, injuring her head.



The incident highlights a situation which has been the focus of much critical comment locally. The state of the footpath, along which many elderly people have to go to mass, has been raised at meetings of Kilcullen Community Action. It has also been raised by candidates for this week's local elections.



The women who was injured last evening lost consciousness for a time and had to be cared for by other members of her Mini Marathon group before being brought for attention to the K-Doc facility in Naas. She had fallen after being dropped off the bus which brought marathon participants home from their fundraising walk and run, in aid of the Punchestown Kidney Research Fund.



The Chapel Road itself is also in very bad condition, as is a stone wall further along which Kildare County Council says it 'doesn't have the resources' to repair, due to financial cutbacks.



The Council says the condition of the wall, which was already an issue a year ago, doesn't represent any danger. That stretch of road, on which there is no footpath, is used by people walking out to visit the two Kilcullen cemeteries.

Brian Byrne.