Long delay in €12m flood plan criticised

Council officials have been told that people in a flood-plagued town in County Cork can no longer accept delays in plans to remedy the problem.

Standing orders were suspended at a Cork County Council meeting yesterday after Cllr Adrian Healy (FG) said it was unacceptable that a planned €12m flood alleviation scheme for Skibbereen was running several months behind schedule.

He said that last Thursday night/Friday morning, the town experienced nearly 60mm of rain and, as a result, 20 households and businesses were flooded, two of which were “very seriously affected”.