A monument to state inaction seen every day

A year on, Cork is still wide open to another disaster, says Eoin English.

THERE are dozens of tales of hardship, and countless tales of anger and frustration. But the story of the late Leonard Harvey is the most tragic.

As victims of last November’s flood which devastated Cork city gather this morning to mark the first anniversary of the city’s worst flood in living memory, they will remember Leonard in a special way, and vow, in his memory, to continue their fight for answers about what caused the flood, and to hold to account those responsible.