UCC development must be away from the river

In the midst of flooding, what madness, the proposal to build blocks of student apartments in what used to be the Coca Cola bottling plant in Carrigrohane Road Cork City, an area prone to flooding, one incidence closing a hotel across the road for six years, flooding the county hall and county library depository where a large quantity of books were destroyed.

The application must be rejected point blank. Any future UCC-related developments, be it new campuses or student accommodation should be located on high ground, well away from the possibility of flooding.

What was once Farranferris seminary on the north side of the river is an ideal building for a new campus and associated accommodation. Mainstream political party representatives, taking instructions through the party whip system, will be reluctant to accept this idea.