University College Cork and the ESB yesterday said they will take time to review a lengthy Commercial Court judgment arising from the 2009 floods which caused tens of millions of euro in damage in Cork City.

Inner city residents in Cork have expressed concerns about a €5m expansion plan at a women’s refuge, against the backdrop of rising levels of antisocial behaviour in the area.

Cllr Mick Finn said the plan, which is being introduced at the same time as proposed traffic changes around Grenville Place, will have a huge impact on people living in the Middle Parish, the city’s biggest residential area.

A robust multi-agency crackdown has been demanded by a city councillor who witnessed heroin being sold openly in daytime in a busy public park in Cork.

A year on, Cork is still wide open to another disaster, says Eoin English.

PEOPLE living in one of the city’s worst affected flood zones are lying awake at night in fear that their homes will flood again.

A PARTIAL building collapse has sparked fears for the safety of buildings in the part of Cork city which bore the brunt of last November’s massive flood.

RESIDENTS worst hit by last November’s devastating flood in Cork city last night demanded a public inquiry into the disaster.

Some residents in the Middle Parish in Cork chose to leave their homes last night in fear that there would be a repeat of the events of November 19.

VICTIMS of the late 2009 floods’ crisis are set to use an independent report they have commissioned as a “precursor” to a multi-million euro law suit against the state.

Victims of severe flooding across the country last November are facing new problems with their insurance policies.

DOZENS of city centre residents devastated by Cork’s November floods are living in uninsured potential fire-hazards after being “pressurised” to return to their homes.

DOZENS of city centre residents devastated by Cork’s November floods are living in uninsured potential fire-hazards after being “pressurised” to return to their homes.

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.

HOUSEHOLDERS in some of Cork’s worst hit flood areas criticised the Government last night for not funding a full-scale flood defence system because of its €100 million price tag.

A WIDOWER who lost everything in the devastating flood which hit Cork last month wants the President to press for an independent inquiry into the disaster.

IT STRUCK without warning, leaving a trail of destruction and human misery in its wake. The river Lee burst its banks in the early hours of last Friday morning after millions of tonnes of water were released from the Inniscarra Dam, eight miles west of Cork city.

HUNDREDS of tonnes of rock armour have been used to plug a huge gap where flood waters breached Cork city’s quay walls.