IFA welcomes Womanagh river commitment

CORK Central IFA have welcomed a commitment from Tom Parlon, Minister for State, to seek funding for restoration work on the banks of the Womanagh River at Ballymacoda in East Cork.

IFA officers recently presented a very strong case to the Minister, backed up by a cost benefit analysis compiled by Fergal O’Mahony of Teagasc.

The river burst its banks in a storm in November 2004, flooding more than 700 acres of farmland.