UCC forces ESB to give up flood documents

The university suing the ESB for €18m in damages following the devastating floods of 2009 has won a key legal argument securing access to crucial documents which the power company had refused to disclose.

Ms Justice Finlay Geoghegan has granted an order for inspection which will give University College Cork’s legal team access to the documents as it pursues its case for damages against the ESB.

UCC declined to comment last night.