Cork Floods: 'Let’s call a spade a spade. We could have avoided this'

Authorities said if the stalled Morrison’s Island public realm upgrade was in place, it would have prevented yesterday's tidal flood

Winthrop street, Cork city during heavy flooding. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

It should have been a busy trading day ahead of the six-week lockdown, but instead they spent it mopping up before shutting down after the worst flood to hit Cork City in years.

Up to 100 premises in and around the Oliver Plunkett St area of the city were inundated after the River Lee burst its banks, leading to mounting calls for the campaign group Save Cork City (SCC) to withdraw its latest legal challenge to a critical flood defence project.