Report on floods to be published next month

THE Oireachtas investigation into last November’s floods crisis, which devastated Cork city and caused over €100 million worth of damage, is expected to be published next month.

The new deadline came after an independent expert was contacted to draw up the final version of the inquiry’s findings, which are expected to be highly critical of a series of public bodies connected to the case.

A member of the cross-party Environment Committee was initially pencilled in to draw up a draft version of the group’s findings before they were agreed by all members.