Flood controllers in the firing line

I AM a resident of the Cork city area which was flooded at this time last year. Recently we had flood warnings on radio and TV — high tides, flooding of the River Lee, heavy rainfall and, on top of this, a hurricane coming in from the Atlantic.

All this similar to conditions last year (hurricane and warnings omitted) and guess what, we were not flooded, not even water coming up the drains or lodging on the streets.

Taking into account also that the breach in the quay wall in Grenville Place has not been repaired (Cornmarket Street paving has priority over this), no flooding occurred here.