Save Cork City decline to say if legal challenge will be withdrawn to Cork flood defences

Authorities say the scheme has been designed to prevent the type of tidal flood event which hit 100 premises in Oliver Plunkett St and surrounds on Tuesday morning.

Norrie Eams dealing with the flooding at O’Brien.’s sandwich bar on Winthrop Street, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

The campaign group, Save Cork City (SCC), says it is open to “discussion and compromise” after the Taoiseach urged those involved to drop their legal challenge to a key Cork city flood defence project.

But SCC declined to comment on whether it will withdraw its application for a judicial review of the decision to grant planning to the Morrison’s Island public realm scheme.