Furious Cork TD says process for delivering flood relief schemes 'no longer adequate'

Cork City Council has meanwhile confirmed that work on its Morrison's Island public realm improvement and flood protection scheme should start next year

Spot flooding on Assumption Road, Blackpool. The Blackpool flood relief scheme could be delayed by another two years, it emerged on Thursday

The Government department which manages public spending has been urged to find ways to fast-track the delivery of large flood defence schemes amid claims that it has added to the cost of, and further delayed, an already stalled scheme in Cork City.

The Blackpool flood relief scheme could be delayed by another two years, it emerged on Thursday, because some environmental reports prepared for the original scheme, which was paused in January 2022 following a successful legal challenge, will have to be done again because they are now out of date.