Conference Chairperson & Opening Remarks

John Paul Rooney, Associate, Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers

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Flood Relief Projects & Legal Challenges

• Flood relief schemes – typical hurdles and legal challenges
• Update on Water Framework Directive cases
• Update on the Water Environment Bill
• The Bradan Beo Case – where do we go to from here with WFD assessments?

Danielle Conaghan, Partner, Arthur Cox LLP

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Innovations in flood modelling and forecasting and Flood hazard mapping

• Flood modelling in 2022 – what’s new and proven effective
• Ensemble rainfall/flood forecasting - real-time interpretation
• Risk-based surface/fluvial flooding and impacts
• Examples of flood hazard mapping and forecasting models.

Dr Steven Cole, Group Leader, Hydrological Forecasting UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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Planning for Current and Future Floodplains

• Planning Policy and Climate Change.
• Mapping the river corridor - what this tells us about the future
• Examples of new and emerging policies supporting flood resilience, green infrastructure and the Water Framework agenda.

Warren Vokes, Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers.

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CASE STUDY - Developing Design Guidance for multi-functional SuDS

• The challenges and where we are
• Overcoming common misunderstandings
• Where we want to get to
• Roles and responsibilities in the design and evaluation process
• Legislation and policy – barriers and opportunities
• Achieving multi-functionality in SuDS – cornerstones of design

Anthony McCloy, Director, McCloy Consulting

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CASE STUDY - Pilot Natural Flood Management measures in Inishowen, Co. Donegal: Learnings and Outcomes from planning to construction

• Scoping and preparation for the project over a three-year period (2018-2020). Community awareness, opportunity mapping with Trinity College and funding arrangements
• Construction of NFM measures – types of leaky dams installed.
• Construction techniques, materials and erosion control
• Outcomes – consultation with community, permissions and consent in an Irish context, management protocols and data gathering.
• Engaging community - obstacles and challenges.

Dr. Trish Murphy, Project Officer, Inishowen Rivers Trust 

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CASE STUDY- The River Camac -Taking a hydro morphological approach to the restoration of urban rivers.  

Jonathan Cooper, Managing Director, JBA

Emily Rick, Geomorphologist, JBA Consulting Engineers and Scientists

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Environmental Hazards – Social Vulnerability

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Flood Alleviation and Coastal Defence projects - Valuing sustainability and reducing carbon.

• Key influencing factors in the project optioneering stage
• How to reduce carbon, keeping sustainability at the core
• Key factors in project implementation.

Dr David Collery, Lecturer, CivilEngineering & Construction, IT Sligo

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Health and Wellbeing Impacts of Flood risk adaptation

• Recent Irish case studies on coastal flooding/erosion and ongoing international work to illustrate how adaptation processes and decisions can have a lasting impact
• Adaptation actions and processes - negative impacts that impact community resilience
• Findings on the impacts of flood risk adaptation on health and wellbeing

Prof. Conor Murphy,Irish Climate Analysis & Research UnitS (ICARUS), Department of Geography, MaynoothUniversity

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Mapping Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards in Ireland

• The impact of environmental hazards on people are related to their inability to respond, cope, and recover from hazard events.
• Using census data, the spatial distribution of vulnerable populations can be mapped.
• Climate action planning to increase resilience can be informed by this analysis

Dr. James Fitton, ResearchFellow, MaREI Centre, ERI, UCC

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