The floods will return, but Cork will probably still be without an effective defence, says Investigative Reporter Conor Ryan.

COMPLACENCY, inertia, arrogance, denial and inaction. These characterised “Official Ireland’s” failure to anticipate and ameliorate last year’s flooding in Cork and are informing its response ever since.

A year on, Cork is still wide open to another disaster, says Eoin English.

THE country’s largest and most detailed flood defence project was launched yesterday with major projects dependent on government funding.

PEOPLE were urged last night to attend a series of public meetings as part of a major study on flooding in the Lee catchment area.