The facility provides drinking water to a population of almost 144,000 in Cork city and the wider Cork Harbour area

An Bord Pleanála said the proposed development would be 'visually obtrusive' from a wide range of viewpoints in the city.

Luke Hyde got into difficulty while swimming near St Mary's Church by Pope's Quay last Wednesday.

Elizabeth Hyde said she was ‘disgusted’ at the idea of people filming and watching her son drown in the River Lee.

Luke Hyde, who lived in Wolfe Tone Street in Cork, got in to difficulties in the River Lee shortly after 7pm on Wednesday.

The body of a man in his 30s was recovered from the River Lee in Cork last night after two swimmers got into difficulty