Climate changes anticipated in city plan

NEW ways of dealing with age-old flooding problems in Ireland are to be tried out for the first time in Cork, it was announced yesterday.

There are hopes that a catchment-based solution will help solve flooding problems, which could be worsened by ongoing development and climate change.

Launching the Lee Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study, in Cork City Hall, Minister of State Tom Parlon warned of ‘significant increases’ in flooding if risk factors were not well managed.