Public Consultation: Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch Flood Relief Scheme

What to Expect

Kilkenny County Council opened a public consultation on 5 August 2026 covering the compulsory purchase order documents for the Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch Flood Relief Scheme, a long-running project to protect the two riverside towns from flooding on the Barrow. The consultation is hosted on the council’s online portal, where the CPO documents and scheme drawings can be viewed and where members of the public can make a written submission before the window closes at 5.30pm on Wednesday 16 September 2026.

This is a formal statutory consultation rather than a drop-in event, so there is no single public meeting date attached to it, but it is exactly the kind of town hall-style consultation that matters most to Graiguenamanagh and Tinnahinch residents, given how directly the flood scheme affects properties and land along the riverbank. Anyone with a property interest in the scheme area, or a general view on the flood relief works, can submit feedback through the portal before it closes.

Flooding on the Barrow has been a long-standing concern for the two riverside towns, so this stage of the process, dealing with the compulsory purchase order documents needed to actually build the defences, marks real progress on a scheme residents have been waiting years for. Because it touches specific parcels of land, anyone directly affected by the proposed works is particularly encouraged to read the documents carefully before the window closes.

Good to Know

• Consultation opened: Wednesday 5 August 2026.
• Submission deadline: Wednesday 16 September 2026 at 5.30pm.
• How to take part: read the CPO documents and make a submission via the Kilkenny County Council consultation portal, consult.kilkenny.ie.
• There is no in-person public meeting attached to this consultation window; it runs as written submissions only.
• Viewing the documents and submitting feedback is free.
• This sits alongside several other open Kilkenny County Council consultations running the same summer.

Getting There

The consultation itself is conducted online, so no travel is required to take part. For anyone who wants to raise the matter in person, Kilkenny County Council’s head office is at County Hall, John Street, Kilkenny city.