Flood protection works to begin by end of 2023

Flooding at Fr Mathew Quay in Cork City. Picture Denis Minihane

Long-delayed multi-million upgrade works to an historic Cork City quay, which will also provide flood protection to 300 city-centre properties, should get underway before the end of next year.

That was the prediction from Cork City Council after the Supreme Court unanimously rejected Save Cork City’s (SCC) appeal against An Bord Pleanala’s 2020 grant of planning for its Morrison’s Island public realm and flood defence scheme.