Flood relief scheme stalled despite initial €100k spend

A flood relief project screw-up has led to €100,000 being spent on a preliminary cost/benefit analysis to discover a proposed scheme, at a further €200,000, would not be value for money.

The Office of Public Works had put aside a total of €300,000 to ease flood relief in the mid-Cork village of Crookstown.

The village is just off the main N22 Cork-Killarney road and a gateway to parts of West Cork, especially Bantry and Beara.