Clonakilty to decide on plans to prevent flooding

Work on flood prevention for at an-risk tourist town in West Cork could commence in mid-2015.

A dam-type water retention area and coastal defences are part of elaborate flood management proposals to alleviate regular devastation in Clonakilty.

The proposals were drawn up after consultants conducted more than 2,000 hours of flood-flow works on a simulated model of the town and its environs.