Homeowners and businesses across Cork were yesterday recovering from Storm Frank’s fallout — and bracing themselves for further hardship.

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WITH the nights getting shorter, racing started at 6.25pm at RCYC this week. Race officers Stephen and Rebecca O’Shaughnessy with Jonathan Horgan sent the fleets out into a light south-easterly breeze on Course 93 up to No 3, then a dead run back to Cage, before a reach down to No 12 and then a beat back to Corkbeg where the wind shadow of Ft Carlisle created a few problems rounding the mark.