GAA club told remove anti-flood measure or face legal action

A Cork GAA club has been ordered to remove a new rock embankment or face the possibility of High Court action by the local authority.

A registered letter was sent by the director of services at Cork County Council’s planning department to Glanmire GAA Football Club yesterday.

The club has defended its actions saying it is only replacing a bank on the Glashaboy river destroyed by flooding last June. But the local authority’s engineering department says the anti-flooding measure could put families at greater risk of flooding as floodwater will be pushed up and downstream.