Daffodils blooming in November. Grass growing at Christmas. Climate change is here for all to see, writes Donal Hickey. 

Campaigners opposed to the Office of Public Work’s €140 million flood defence plan for Cork have insisted that a tidal barrier can be built for €135m as part of their three-point plan to protect the city from flooding.

EXPERTS have ruled out building a €100 million flood defence system for Cork city on cost grounds in favour of a smaller scale two-pronged approach to minimise flooding.

I WISH to make a few points in relation to the opening by the ESB of the Inniscarra dam on Friday, November 20, and the subsequent flooding of Cork city.

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.