Cars may have been dumped in River Blackwater to stop bank eroding

Waterford City & County Council has lent credence to a theory that the cars, recently found in the River Blackwater, could have been put there to protect the embankment from erosion decades ago

The corroded vehicles were discovered by Irish Examiner journalist Dan McCarthy during a kayaking trip near the Dromana bridge, some 4km from Cappoquin. Photo: Dan MacCarthy

Waterford City & County Council has lent credence to a growing belief that an unquantified number of cars discovered submerged by a remote riverbank in west Waterford, were once dumped there as a measure to protect the embankment from erosion.

The corroded vehicles were discovered by Irish Examiner journalist Dan McCarthy during a kayaking trip near the Dromana bridge, some 4km from Cappoquin.