Cork County Council asked to manage waterways

Cork County Council is to be asked to create a special works programme for cleaning waterways in areas prone to flooding, especially in places where an ever increasing number of householders can no longer get flood insurance cover.

The motion is set to come before a full council meeting shortly after it was agreed by councillors representing the Cobh/Glanmire municipal district council who also expressed concern about the actions of the insurance industry.

Cllr Anthony Barry, who is chairman of the municipal district council, said in an estate in his hometown of Carrigtwohill just a small number of houses were prone to flooding, but the vast majority of the 450 householders there were being refused cover.