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THE RIVER LEE in Cork has today burst its bank, causing flooding and traffic diversions.
Heavy rain had seen vehicles redirected on Wandesford Quay, Lancaster Quay, South Terrance, Father Matthew Quay, Morrison’s Quay South Mall and Union Quay.
Conditions have reportedly improved in the past few hours.
Met Eireann is saying this evening that heavy rainfall is expected to move in a northerly direction, falling over Ulster before eventually subsiding.
Maximum temperatures are predicted to reach between 12C and 14C.
Gardaí were earlier warning of spot flooding in Monaghan on the N2 Dublin to Monaghan Road but this has now subsided.
Earlier this evening, vehicles from Cork City Fire Brigade were in attendance at the scene of the flooding.
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A joke they don’t have proper flood defences in place at this stage. It floods here EVERY F*CKING YEAR!!! At least give us grants for kayaks or something at the very least.
The kayak to work scheme should be starting soon
Brought in with the budget last week
Specifically to keep us langers quite! :)
Couldn’t keep a good langer quiet
Brian You must be from the south side?
Brian Brian……all the money goes to the fake capital.
watch out for Aldi , they might have some on special offers !
Ya, can’t keep a norie quite, now if only we could understand what ye are mumbling about
If it were Dublin they’d be holy war! But it’s outside Dublin like, it’s a disgrace like!
Again?
And again?
The Venice of Ireland, like
Weren’t there serious question marks over planning in Cork…the inquiry was scrapped a few years ago…but there was a lot of building on flood plains that should never have happened…
It is a joke that our 2nd city is constantly flooding!!
UCC and others have actually built on flood plains with such an understanding of what they were doing, the lower levels were designed to allow a flow of flood water through them.
What in the name of God was that fella in Thailand thinking ?
Was he thinking about the floods in Cork ?
I’m sure a certain Sinn Féin MEP will be leading a delegation out there post haste.
He was thinking ‘ if I can maximise my return on this deal then the cash can go someway to dealing with Cork’s flooding problem’
What the fnuck do you think he was thinking??!?,
I think he might have been trying to flood the place with something else .
He should have been thinking of paying a runner boy to drop off the drugs. What was he thinking walking into a deal like that by himself in Thailand ? Clear enough for ya ? I would have preferred not to have had to spell that out for you but there ya go.
very hard to stop flooding in cork,when river levels combining with high tide raise water levels above the banks and come back up the street drain systems. unless you raise the ground level of the city,it will never be flood free
high tides always follow a full moon
Yes. What’s your point?
Its tidal flooding as opposed to flooding caused by exceptional rainfall. 5.00 am could see more flooding. But it will subside. Nothing new for cork.
Er! Borrow the Thames Barrier or build something similar!
They’re a republic, let them raise their own cash to install defences…..
Well if we could keep the 3 billion we send to the pale annually then maybe we would
Tis like that since I was a child years ago . Peddling through the floods on my grifter. Used love it.
High Tides combined with a full moon, an onshore wind and possibly upstream flooding behind the Iniscarra Dam will invariably lead to flooding in low lying areas of the city.
It is not as bad as it used to be in the 60′s and 70′s where every winter there were flood sales in Oliver Plunkett street.
The center of Cork is built on thirteen islands. The road system is built over the culverts separating these islands. The flood forces itself through the manholes as the Lee overflows. St. Finbarr and the later builders of Cork have a lot to answer for! For flood purposes the name Cork should be changed to “Uncorked”.
Cork is fast becoming the Venice of Ireland
Maybe they can borrow the sea wall from Dublin which will spoil the view across Dollymount etc. Or design a pop-up like Clonmel.
It would be quite easy to have the river flanked with low walls (dykes) and “sluice gates” to prevent ingress of water to be used on the few occasions when needed. They would only need to be used for about 15 minutes either side of very high tides.Yesterday we had a full moon near perigee along with a lot of rain so the flooding should have been expected..
If Cork City officials lived in the Netherlands they would all drown.
lrish water that’s free???
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