Call for probe into Blackpool flood

There were calls last night for an independent inquiry into what caused the flood which swamped a Cork community for the second time in nine months last week.

It came as a report on the Blackpool flood suggested that blocked trash screens, and not reduced culvert capacity, was to blame.

City manager Tim Lucey said there was no evidence that rock left in the river Bride after engineering works on a bridge contributed to the incident.