Cork flood defence plans: ‘People were given few options — it’s walls, walls, or walls’

We do not want to build more walls, says the Save Cork City campaign group, which argues that reducing the level of flooding should be the first priority, writes Eoin English.

CAMPAIGNERS opposed to Cork’s massive flood defence scheme have urged people to lobby politicians to prevent what they described as a “brutal assault on the city” after their calls for an international review of the scheme were dismissed.

The Save Cork City group said they are not giving up after the OPW insisted that building direct defences is the only viable option.