Cork will be deluged 'again and again', OPW minister warns

Call on Save Cork City to drop a legal challenge to the flood relief scheme

Heavy flooding on Oliver Plunkett street, Cork city this morning. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

Cork city was “0.1 of a metre away” from a catastrophic event like 2014, and will be deluged “again and again and again” if the proposed Lower Lee Flood Relief Scheme (LLFRS) doesn’t go ahead.

Those were the angry words of minister in charge of the Office of Public Works (OPW), Patrick O’Donovan, as he came to Cork to inspect the damage done by last night’s tidal event in the city centre.