Save Cork City loses Supreme Court bid to have flood relief works overturned

It now means the work around Morrison’s Island can go ahead

The Save Cork City Community Association CLG (SCCA) in a leapfrog appeal to the Supreme Court wanted the decision by the High Court last year to refuse to strike down the planning permission for the works around the Morrison’s Island area reversed.

Cork City Council has said the flood defence scheme for the city centre will go to tender in the second quarter of 2023 after the Supreme Court rejected an appeal against planning permission

The Save Cork City Community Association CLG (SCCA) in a leapfrog appeal to the Supreme Court wanted the decision by the High Court last year to refuse to strike down the planning permission for the works around the Morrison’s Island area reversed.