Cork faces two-year wait for vital flood defences

A CITY devastated by a huge flood last year is facing a two-year wait for vital flood defences.

As Cork’s flood victims mark the first anniversary of the disaster today, it has emerged that construction work on downstream defences along the River Lee is unlikely to get under way until well into 2012.

Cork Chamber last night criticised the lack of action by agencies over the last year and called on the Government to tackle the issue.