Report to explain ESB decision on dam release

A SPECIAL report on the reasons behind the flooding crisis is set to be made public at a meeting of Cork City Council next Monday.

The document, which comes after three weeks of severe difficulties in the city, is expected to focus on the ESB’s decision to release huge volumes of water from its Inniscarra dam during the height of the crisis.

Since the floods first emerged a number of senior Cork-based politicians, including Fine Gael TD and chair of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee Bernard Allen, have called for an “external independent inquiry” into how the crisis was allowed to emerge.