Bandon delegation to press minister over river dredging

A CORK County Council delegation is hoping to get Minister Conor Lenihan to overturn an Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) demand that the local authority doesn’t remove any silt from the river in Bandon.

County manager Martin Riordan and his mayor, Cllr Jim Daly, agreed to lead the delegation after they heard how worried residents and businesspeople in Bandon were about facing another winter without a number of anti-flood measures being in place.

While the Government has promised nearly €10 million for works to counteract flooding, it is expected these measures will not be fully in place for another three years.