AN advisory group on the review of the nitrates regulations has been set up by Government ministers Brendan Smith (agriculture) and John Gormley (environment).

The official response to the devastating flooding late last year and January’s crippling cold snap was branded unacceptable by a critical new report today.

CONSULTANTS have been appointed to advise University College Cork (UCC) on future flood proofing measures, an Oireachtas committee was told last night as it began a fact-finding tour of flood ravaged areas.