Report: Flooding could make Cork and Dublin 'uninhabitable'

A report is warning that Dublin and Cork could be rendered uninhabitable in the next century as a result of global warming.

The Irish Academy of Engineers said the Government must plan to prevent permanent flooding in the country's two major cities and the cost of not acting would be catastrophic.

The IAE's report - 'Ireland at Risk' - says floods could in future happen as often as once every five years rather than once every 100 years as usual.

Don Moore from the Academy of Engineers has said failure to plan will put Irish society at unacceptable risk.