Council calls for Government funding to stop raw sewage backing up in Cork village

Back-ups of effluent into local houses represents an 'urgent environment and public health issue', councillors heard

Councillors said water from the Bandon River was supplying other towns in Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Cork County Council is seeking an urgent meeting with Environment Minister Eamon Ryan to discuss who is going to pay to stop sewage backing up into people’s homes in the village of Crossbarry.

It also wants to raise fears with him that two towns will stagnate if water continues to be drawn from the River Bandon to supply other areas.