Cork’s new county engineer will have his eye on the ball.

History is being made with the retirement of the last county engineer in the country — or as he put it himself, “The last of the Mohicans” .

The Department of the Environment has given assurances that money is in place to complete a major sewerage scheme in a Co Cork town, but work will not restart until next summer at the earliest.

Farmland damaged during recent river flooding in East Cork is still under review by local authorities, but requests for reinforcements must compete with housing for scarce resources.

Three years after the flood that devastated Bandon in Nov 2009, the town was once again on alert yesterday for serious flooding.

A date has been determined for an oral hearing into the €100m upgrade of the Jack Lynch Tunnel/Dunkettle interchange.

The OPW says its fast-tracking of the Clonakilty flood relief works will mean it will have “a preferred solution” finalised by next summer.

Work got under way today on removing up to 200 tonnes of wood blocking a river to ensure that it doesn’t pose a danger to a Co Cork community in the event of a flash flood.

Nearly 10 times the rain forecast by Met Éireann fell in Clonakilty, Co Cork yesterday morning, leading to the third flood in the town since June.

Council workers are preparing to remove more than 100 tonnes of wood clogging a river, amid fears it could cause loss of life and serious damage if dislodged during a flood.

One hundred tonnes of timber clogging a Cork river poses a serious threat to public safety in the event of a flood.

A Cork GAA club has been ordered to remove a new rock embankment or face the possibility of High Court action by the local authority.

A GAA club in Co Cork has been told to halt construction of a rock wall which could put neighbouring residential and retail properties at increased risk of flooding.

A serious problem of human waste seeping on to a children’s play area will shortly be resolved.

Councillors have claimed a new junction layout under construction on the main Cork-Mallow road will end up causing fatal accidents instead of preventing them.

The National Roads Authority is to be asked to designate the Midleton-Whitegate road in Co Cork as a primary route due to its strategic importance to the nation’s energy needs.

It could take at least another three years before Castletownbere receives a long-promised multi-million euro waste water treatment plant.

The OPW is to fast track flood relief work in the Clonakilty area with a public consultation process likely to take place in the West Cork town within the next six weeks.

Two community groups in Co Cork have expressed concern that “fish before people” red tape may prevent vital flood prevention works.

More than 22,000 books were lost at two libraries in Co Cork as a result of major flooding two months ago, Cork County Council officials have revealed.

Three designated Blue Flag beaches are among seven bathing spots in Co Cork where dangerous levels of E.coli have been found.

Munster and east Leinster are this morning bracing themselves for severe flooding as high winds and heavy rain buffet the country.

An estimated €50m is needed for flood relief works to prevent a repeat of the late June devastation inflicted on towns and villages in Cork.

Consultants are due to make recommendations within the next two months which locals hope will defuse a row over the suspension of livestock transportation on Ireland’s only cable car.

Cork county’s most senior engineer has said he is “extremely disappointed” with claims by locals that the recently established early warning system in Bandon did not work last week.

Uninsured business-owners in Cork are appealing for help this morning following widespread flooding in the county yesterday.

Sudden torrential rainfall into small streams was the cause of the massive flood damage in parts of Cork City and county.

Plans have been drawn up to provide text messaging alerts to people who live in high-risk flood areas in Co Cork.

Ireland is bracing itself for storms, rainfall and gale force winds usually seen in October and November as the country is set to be hit with an average month of June rainfall in just two days.

Ireland is bracing for flash floods after Met Éireann issued localised flood alerts and small craft warnings last night.

Cork’s county engineer says he won’t mind people raising issues about potholes with him in his back garden because they’ll be contributing to a worthy cause.

Cork County Council officials are to hold talks with gardaí and landowners in an attempt to get an ‘emergency’ route opened in Cobh.

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has said he cannot see the proposed €800m Cork-Limerick (M20) motorway opening before 2023.

One of West Cork’s prime tourist towns is facing “a big stink” this summer.

A delegation will meet Transport Minister Leo Varadkar this month to persuade him to sanction money for two bypasses and a relief road in Co Cork.

Traders and residents in a West Cork town are seeking commercial rate cuts and an easing of parking restrictions during a planned €6.5m drainage scheme works.

Senior county council officials in Cork are to meet with Leo Varadkar, the transport minister, to impress on him the importance of building ring roads around Mallow to ease traffic gridlock.

The mayor of a Co Cork town fears traffic gridlock will ensue during the second phase of its €38m flood alleviation works unless its bypass toll is axed.

Householders in a rural community were delighted to find out that, after five months, they will no longer have to boil their drinking water — but then they got the bad news.

Livestock have been banned from travelling on the country’s only cable car, sparking fears for the future of farming on a West Cork island.

Rate-payers may be left with hefty bills if a planned new super-authority does not reimburse Cork County Council for major multi- million euro sewerage and water projects.

The lavish €600m Terminal 2 building at Dublin Airport has been left in the shade by a near-€2m foot bridge project in West Cork.

CRUCIAL flood defence works for a West Cork town may start in late summer next year.

PRIVATE domestic water users will be quickly informed by Cork County Council officials if leaks are detected on their property once it is metered.