Cork County Council gets new engineering team dedicated to flood defence 

Midleton will get priority, but the council and the OPW plan a total of 30 flood prevention projects in the region

Rosaleen O’Donnell standing amid the debris left behind by the Storm Babet flood in her salon, HS2, in Midleton Co Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan [AIB Press Photographer of the Year Awards Sustainability Award] 

A new team of engineers is being set up by Cork County Council which will be dedicated solely to dealing with flood defences and climate resilience projects in the region.

Its first priority will be to assist in the rollout of interim works to help reduce the risk of flooding to properties in Midleton. The town was deluged by flood waters following rainfall accumulations up to 126mm over a 36-hour period when Storm Babet hit it last October.