€117m sewage pipe plan for Cobh

Work on an underwater sewage pipe crossing Cork’s lower harbour will start this year as part of a €117m project to end the daily discharge of thousands of tonnes of raw sewage into the sea.

Irish Water also said it plans to start installing new sewers in Cobh early next year.

When combined, the sewers and the pipe will allow for the collection and pumping of Cobh’s sewage to a facility in Monkstown, from where it will pumped to Shanbally for treatment.