€8m flood plan for Cork town to go on display

A new €8m flood defence scheme for a Cork satellite town will be adaptable to meet climate change, it has been claimed.

The flood alleviation scheme which went on public display yesterday will protect the Glanmire area, which has suffered an estimated €18m in damage to property from floods in June 2012 and December 2015.

Ken Leahy, a senior engineer with project consultants Arup, said that when completed, the scheme will protect 106 properties, of which 78 are residential, from the threat of future flooding.