Group suggests cheaper tide wall for Cork

Campaigners opposed to Cork’s €140m flood defence plan say a tidal barrier is a viable option after costing a cheaper version at a different location.

Action group Save Cork City also claimed to have identified inconsistencies in OPW figures which have been used to rule out the construction of a tidal barrage in the harbour on cost grounds.

The OPW said earlier this month that building direct defences and raising quay walls is the only viable option to tackle tidal and fluvial flooding in Cork city.