Council wants river dredging rethink

FOLLOWING an emergency meeting of the town council, Bandon’s town manager is to write to Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) asking them to reconsider their outright opposition to the dredging of the River Bandon.

Anger has been mounting in the West Cork town all summer over the South Western Regional Fisheries Board’s (SWRFB) refusal to allow the extensive cleaning of the river. The board has argued that dredging the river will not prevent a reoccurrence of last November’s flash flooding and will only serve to destroy the river’s fish population.

The town council has also been requested to write to the Office of Public Works demanding that the state agency support their call for a reversal of the IFI’s stance.