TEN years ago, with the rubble of the World Trade Centre still smouldering away after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, prospective visitors to New York wondered whether they should put off their trips, or keep a respectful distance.

A LOT of things got washed downstream in Cork’s 2009 flooding – but gone out even earlier on the tide were the Brave New World hopes of a major docklands redevelopment. Gone are much of the hopes of the likes of key drivers like Howard Holdings – which is now a pale shadow of what it was.

DANA Rosemary Scallon is making a last desperate bid to secure a nomination for the presidency from 20 Oireachtas members before the midday deadline today.