Calls for compromise to end Cork's flood defence impasse

As businesses swamped by Tuesday’s flooding reopened yesterday for the last full day of trade before the six-week lockdown, the head of the Cork Business Association (CBA), Eoin O’Sullivan, praised them for their resilience.

The civil defence working with shop owners on Winthrop Street in Cork after early morning flooding. Picture: Dan Linehan

There are mounting calls for talks and compromise in a bid to break the impasse which is blocking the delivery of vital flood defences in Cork city.

As businesses swamped by Tuesday’s flooding reopened for the last full day of trade before the six-week lockdown, the head of the Cork Business Association (CBA), Eoin O’Sullivan, praised them for their resilience.