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Major cleanup underway after status orange rain warning causes flooding in Cork
A major cleanup is currently underway after a status orange rain warning caused severe flooding in parts of Cork on Saturday. Bantry was one of the worst affected areas with a number of shops ...
‘If we flood again, we’re homeless’: Midleton homeowners in crisis without flood insurance after storms
Homeowners say they are ‘living in terror’ because nothing has been done to protect them from a recurrence of Storm Babet’s ...
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Cork’s €20m Blackpool flood relief scheme faces fresh calls for fast-tracking
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 minister Jack ...
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Soak it up! How Ireland’s cities can embrace the sponge revolution
Sponge cities' promote urban resilience to climate change and we badly need initiatives like these in areas vulnerable to flooding Sections of Marina Park, Cork working as a 'flood storage basin ...