Paula Hynes: Rivers running free as Storm Amy hits 

It was a miserable 48 hours as the rain returned with a bang during storm Amy

Milk recording on the Hynes farm last week.

The rain returned with a bang as storm Amy hit and it certainly was a miserable 48 hours. Sadly, West Cork seemed to suffer a lot worse than we did, with many rivers bursting their banks, roads impassable and so much land flooded.

It is next to impossible for rivers to handle that much rain in a short space of time. Our farm is bounded by a river with a smaller tributary running through part of the land.