Cork City council have issued a tidal flood alert due to a period of very high astronomical Spring Tides.

Cork City Council has advised that it has upgraded its Severe Weather Alert to level 3 status and it has activated its Crisis Management Team.

KYRLS Quay in Cork suffered its worst flooding in almost a year last night as it emerged that EU scientists knew Ireland would suffer extensive river flooding five days before last November’s devastation but declined to disclose this information.