Council still awaiting €4.25m storm funding

The Government has not given any signal to Cork Co Council on a funding request of €4.25 million to restore winter storm-damaged roads, piers and harbours.

Road maintenance programmes may have to be pared back in the county, it emerged yesterday.

Cllr John Paul O’Shea (Ind) said councillors in North Cork had been told by local engineers that was the likely scenario, despite the Government requesting the local authority in February last to submit a report on storm damage costs.