Sponge cities' promotes urban resilience to climate change and we badly need initiatives like this in areas vulnerable to flooding Sections of Marina Park, Cork working as a 'flood storage basin ...

File picture New environmental studies for a delayed €20m flood defence scheme in Cork City have been completed, prompting fresh calls for the project to be fast-tracked. Public expenditure ...

The projects include flood-relief works on the main road ... area designations are major constraints around West Cork and are preventing vitally important infrastructure projects from proceeding.

Analysis carried out by Cork County Council shows that increasingly intensified farming is having a major impact on flooding ...