Flood-risk residents to consider options in Glanmire

More than 60 householders and business owners, whose properties had been severely flooded nearly three years ago, will this week examine proposed “preferred flood relief options” for their area.

An estimated €2m in damage was caused to the Glanmire area when torrential rain forced the Cork town’s Glashaboy river to burst its banks on June 28, 2012.

In the meantime, Arup in conjunction with JBA Consulting had been engaged by Cork County Council and the Office of Public Works to develop a flood relief scheme for the river and its tributaries in the vicinity of the Glanmire/Sallybrook area.