Calls for ‘island designation’ campaign for Cobh after Ophelia

Calls have been made to reactivate a campaign to get island designation for Cobh, so it could be eligible for grants to improve its connectivity.

They came after 12,000 inhabitants of Cobh and the Great Island were left stranded for hours during Monday’s Storm Ophelia.

Calls have been made for emergency talks between Cork County Council and the owners of Fota Resort to reopen a road built within the resort’s golf course in 2001. It was opened to facilitate traffic flow during the 2001 Irish Open and was supposed to be used by emergency services if the Fota Rd was ever blocked by falling trees.