Cork flood relief schemes mired in lengthy planning delays

Mud left in the car park after floods at Hazelwood Shopping Centre in Glanmire. Picture: Larry Cummins

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste may have laid the blame for delays to flood relief schemes on local objectors but long-awaited defences in Midleton and Glanmire show how projects can also get bogged down by painstaking processes and other issues.

In 2015, Storm Frank led to a major consultation on preventive measures in several of the worst-hit areas in Cork. It followed previous major flood events in Cork in 2012 and 2009.