Study on nature-based solutions for Midleton's floods in limbo after council takes issue with it

Nature-based solutions typically involve measures such as wetland restoration, forestation, and the introduction of green spaces in urban areas

The study was commissioned some 10 months after Storm Babet wreaked havoc on the south-east of the country, particularly in the Midleton area which was devastated by flood waters, with a full month’s worth of rainwater falling in less than two days. File photo: Guileen Coast Guard unit.

A study commissioned by Cork County Council regarding potential nature-based solutions for flooding in Midleton remains in limbo after the local authority took serious umbrage at the draft report’s contents.

The local authority commissioned two academics based at Trinity College Dublin — Professor Mary Bourke and Dr Paul Quinn of that university’s geography department — to investigate in August 2024.