OPW could intervene in long-running Ballincollig weir saga

Over €1m in repairs are needed to repair the structure, which collapsed five years ago

The weir was built in 1795 to provide a head of water for a network of canals associated with the manufacture of gunpowder in the adjoining Royal Gunpowder Mills complex.

An estimated €1m of repairs to an historic weir which collapsed five years ago could be carried out as part of the largest flood defence scheme in the history of the state.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) could be set to intervene in the long-running saga surrounding the damaged weir in the Regional Park in Ballincollig.