City flood plans are ‘visually illiterate’

Plans for a €60m flood relief scheme for Cork have been described as "visually illiterate" by a local author who fears some of the city’s historic riverside fixtures will be lost as part of the project.

Historian Tom Spalding believes the Office of Public Works should seek to preserve the aesthetics of Cork’s riverside streetscapes when developing the Lower Lee Flood Relief Project.

He pointed to the use of toughened glass in a similar scheme along Waterford’s quays as an example of how this can be achieved.