Please correct me but from memory, you can only claim against the council if you have incurred this injury on a stretch of pavement, which is undergoing repair or which has been repaired but left in a poor and dangerous state, the repairer and the council would be liable. As far as I know wear and tear damage does not count as the individual or object, which caused the wear and tear, is untraceable for obvious reasons.
But to be honest it thinks it is downright shameful to come on to AAM, after your Mother slipped on a pavement after a downpour of rain. Your mother has an obligation to look after herself and take necessary precautions, even while conducting such dangerous practices as walking on the street. Otherwords she needs to look were she is going as she is responsible for her own safety.
If your Mother slipped on your kitchen floor after coming in and out of the rain and decided to sue you for injury, I think you may have a different slant on it. If this went to Court, but I would be surprised if it even made it into the list, it would set such a laughable precedent.
No one is to blame here apart from your Mother, however people these days feel that it is always someone else fault and inturn try to make an opportunity to make money.
What next, "the sun did not come out today in Dublin, so I am going to sue the Council, as I feel depressed that I have been deprived of natural sunlight and its their fault..... Boo Hoo !!