Cork city business and homeowners spent the morning cleaning up the deluge from the weekend flood.
And with more flooding at high tide this morning after a weekend of heavy rain, calls came for better flood defences.
Business owners have been critical of the failure of build new flood defences for the city, which should have been “shovel ready” last year.
Flood barriers and sandbags were not enough to hold back the water in some premises yesterday.
Swollen but not overflowing – half an hour to high tide #Cork #Floods @rtenews pic.twitter.com/eP1GSLK6oV
— Jennie O’Sullivan (@OSullivanJennie) April 11, 2016
Flooding was reported in Georges Quay, Union Quay, Wandesford Quay, South Terrace, Morrison’s Island, South Mall, Lapp’s Quay, Lower Glanmire Road and the Lower end of Oliver Plunkett Street.
What is happening with the weather? #corkfloods in city, #corksnow in Lyre, north cork (pic by Therese McAuliffe) pic.twitter.com/cyXccX8qTK
— Cork’s RedFM (@CorksRedFM) April 10, 2016
The worst affected areas included George’s Quay, Union Quay, Morrison’s Island and the South Terrace with surface water on the South Mall and parts of Pembroke Street.
Low level flooding on Oliver Plunkett street, but drivers going too fast & forcing water into premises #corkfloods pic.twitter.com/reMCeCSS8Q
— Jonathan Healy (@jonathanhealy) April 10, 2016
Healy’s Bridge on the Cloghroe Road remains impassable due to flooding.
Met Éireann earlier issued a Status Orange warning for Cork with between 40 and 70mm of rainfall expected along the south coast and in mountainous areas and this will remain in place until Monday morning.
But Laurence Owens from the Cork Business Association says it is not good enough, saying: ‘Back in 2014 the then Minister Brian Hayes said the project would be shovel ready by 2015, I don’t see any shovels.’
@opwireland seem busy working on Dublin’s flood defences today. Sorry Cork #Corkfloods pic.twitter.com/TrhLNnTu0f
— Cathal Farrell (@Cathal_Farrell) April 11, 2016
‘There hasn’t been one block of construction put into place. I’ve been to Clonmel, I’ve been to Fermoy and I’ve been to Waterford, we are not in any way questioning the competencies of the OPW, but what we are questioning is the timelines of affecting those plans,’ he said.
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