Probe unlikely to point finger of blame

A WIDE-RANGING investigation into the November floods crisis may not make specific concrete conclusions on who is to blame for the €100 million damage caused to Cork city.

Members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment have told the Irish Examiner that despite two months of inquiries, the group’s report may be unable to explain exactly what happened at the ESB’s Inniscarra dam.

A full meeting of the committee, which was established to examine issues surrounding the national floods last November, will today confirm the draft timeline and structure of the cross-party investigation’s final report.