Glanmire residents face 20-week wait for ministerial approval for €8.5m flood relief plan

Anxious householders and businesses in a Cork satellite town will have to wait until the year-end before finding out if Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe, will approve an €8.5m spend on a flood prevention scheme.

More than 60 homes and dozens of businesses were badly damaged in Glanmire in June 2012 when the River Glashaboy burst its banks following torrential rainfall. The majority cannot now secure flood insurance cover.