Harbour drainage scheme not gone to tender after 12 years

In 2002, Cork County Council called for government funding for a main drainage scheme in Cork Harbour to stop sewage pouring into its waters — 12 years later, the project hasn’t gone to tender yet.

The sewage from approximately 34,000 to 35,000 people is still flowing into the bathing waters.

An Environmental Protection Agency report into urban wastewater quality published earlier this week showed that waste from 42 towns and villages all over Cork Harbour, Donegal, Wicklow, Clare, Mayo, Galway, and Dublin is only being given minimal water treatment and is getting no biological treatment.