Councillor Danny Collins said the badly needed works in Bantry to alleviate flooding will have a major impact on the town, and local businesses and residents needed some idea of when the works would take place.

The notice states that Cork County Council intends to undertake work on the Tír Cluain flood defence project in Knockgriffin and Broomfield West, Midleton.

The Midleton and East Cork Flood Protection groups held a protest outside Cork County Hall yesterday over what they say is the slow progress in implementing flood prevention and mitigation measures for the wider East Cork region.

In 2012, a severe flood caused tens of millions of euro worth of damage to 82 homes and 30 businesses in Glanmire and Sallybrook.

Sudden and heavy thunder showers of rain left some motorists having to navigate carefully on roads covered with sheets of water in some places.

According to a spokesperson for Cork City Council, the authority was responding to the report.

Alan Mahy is now constantly monitoring the weather forecasts and has called on Met Éireann to issue flood warnings as well as wind and rain warnings in forecasts.

The Morrison’s Island scheme, which will provide flood protection for 400 city centre properties, was split from the wider scheme and advanced along with public realm improvements for the area.

Fine Gael’s Una McCarthy and Independent Ben Dalton O’Sullivan explained that residents are concerned that the pipes under the road are either blocked or inadequate to handle water flow.

Councillors were told that the issue was becoming an increasing problem and could have an impact on the protection of species such as the freshwater pearl mussel.

“Cork City Council is monitoring the situation and traffic management measures will be put in place if required.” 

Cork City Council is monitoring the situation and traffic management measures will be put in place if required.

Crews have been dealing with flooding which impacted workers entering and leaving their business premises on the Monahan and Centre Park Roads in the Atlantic Pond area of Cork city since Tuesday afternoon.

An information meeting was held in Midleton on Friday, marking a year since the devastating floods hit the town.

Marking the anniversary, Niamh Brosnan has added a mural to her business and said she wants this to serve as a reminder to her community of their resilience. 

Danny Collins of Independent Ireland, said the proprietors of shops, restaurants and bars in the port town are ‘worn out from it’ having spending the past week cleaning out their premises after flooding caused extensive damage. 

The individual property protection (IPP) scheme was launched at the start of the month by the minister of state with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), Kieran O’Donnell.

Homes and businesses across Cork were left with significant flood damage after Storm Babet in mid-October last year, with Midleton and Glanmire among the worst-hit areas.

It follows torrential rain which left some parts of Cork underwater on Saturday.

Some €5.8m in funding has been allocated from the Office of Public Works (OPW) to Cork County Council for the installation of Individual Property Protection measures to some 920 homeowners and businesses impacted by the October 2023, flood event during Storm Babet, across Midleton and East Cork.

Professor Mary Bourke told The Echo that communities acting together and with the consent of landowners, who could receive payment to allow their property be used, could implement measures inexpensively and in a matter of hours.

large number of households in Midleton and in other areas throughout the county were badly impacted by the flooding

Minister for Further and Higher Education Patrick O’Donovan said he believed that the Lower Lee Flood Defence Scheme, when eventually completed, would secure the city’s economic future.

The project, supported by the Office of Public Works, will encompass the area along Morrison’s Quay and Father Mathew Quay between Parnell Bridge and Parliament Bridge, as well as a small section on Union Quay at Trinity Bridge.

Kieran O'Donnell met with Midleton Chamber of Commerce and visited businesses in Midleton town and residents of Mogeely and Castlemartyr who were affected by the flooding last October.

The OPW minister is poised to visit Midleton in the coming days. 

The group presented a petition containing almost 15,000 signatures at Leinster House back in February, calling for urgent interim flood prevention measures to be put in place.

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City Council advising householders and business owners to take measures to protect their premises

Most areas will be dry on Tuesday with sunny spells and just isolated showers.

The Minister said that an insurance industry flood task force had been established in November ‘to map out a future strategy’.

A number of routes remain impacted following heavy rain overnight. 

Cork City Council may be required to close Sharman Crawford Street and Wandesford Quay to traffic from 6.30am on Tuesday morning and opening both to traffic again at approximately 7.30am.

A new study suggests the storm could have yielded far more severe consequences had the storm coincided with a high tide rather than a low tide.

It is awaiting confirmation from Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe that he will release the funding to the authority to ensure such a unit would have its own ringfenced resources, council interim CEO Valerie O’Sullivan said.

The 15-strong delegation of the Midleton/East Cork Flood Protection Group had invited four ministers, including the minister for the Office of Public Works and the minister for social protection, to meet them

Petition to be handed over at Leinster House today calling for urgent interim flood prevention measures in Midleton and surrounding areas

Homes and businesses 'washed out' following torrential early-morning downpour  

The O’Dwyer family, who own The Shoe Suite and O’Dwyer’s Footwear shop on Midleton’s Main Street, were in a jubilant mood as they welcomed customers back through the doors

Resident of Gleann Fia estate Vivienne Jeffers told The Echo that residents have been living in fear since the flooding on October 18 caused by water coming from agricultural land behind the estate which she said affected 30 of the 32 houses in the estate.

Cork County Council has commenced works to help 'mitigate the impact from a flood event', pending the completion of a flood relief scheme.  

The document, which is available in most shops and businesses, includes a warning that people could have lost their lives in the October flood, had it occurred at night

Despite the efforts made by people in the Co Cork town to support their neighbours, there is concern about what will happen if another flood event occurs.

Some householders have reported damage amounting to as much as €80,000

Eight homes in the area suffered significant flooding from the Owenabue River on several occasions, most recently during Storm Babet in October this year.

Councillor Kieran McCarthy made his remarks as the group Save Cork City released an artist’s impression depicting cyclists and pedestrians mingling among market stalls beside restored limestone walls along Georges Quay and Fr Mathew Quay.

Eight houses in the area were flooded in October of this year after Storm Babet saw widespread damage in Cork, and this isn’t the first time the residents have had their homes damaged

A special 'mingle & jingle' event in Midleton proved a success. 

Following the devastating flooding in Midleton earlier this year, one woman is on a mission to light up people’s lives in the community this Christmas

One councillor said the council should engage with councils in Britain that have successfully implemented natural flood defences which “are essentially about respecting the force of nature and the need to work with it”.