Group fails to halt 'relatively small' part of Cork city flood relief works

Mr Justice Richard Humpreys also ruled Save Cork City Community Association CLG (SCCCA) is not entitled to a stay on the works

Save Cork City had challenged the permission for flood defence works between Parliament Bridge and Parnell Bridge along Morrison’s Quay and Fr Matthew Quay, and a short section along Union Quay close to Trinity footbridge at Morrison’s Island. File photo: Larry Cummins

A local community association has failed to get High Court orders overturning An Bord Pleanála’s permission for certain flood relief works on Morrison’s Island in Cork city.

The permission is valid and Save Cork City Community Association is not entitled to a stay on the works which formed a “relatively small” part of the overall flood relief works in the city, Mr Justice Richard Humphreys held.