An already storm-battered Cork City avoided flooding overnight but a weather warning remains in place for today.

CORK City is on flood alert as the country braces for another massive storm.

A school principal has spoken of his relief that nobody was killed or injured when the roof was ripped off its gym before slamming into nearby homes.

A massive clean-up operation is under way across Cork City after Ophelia left a trail of destruction.

Gardaí will throw a traffic cordon around the revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh GAA stadium in Cork this weekend amid warnings that illegally parked cars will be towed and parking fines will be issued.

Demolition work gets under way today to pave the way for a vast new riverside public sports, adventure, and ecology park, which will wrap around Cork’s regenerated flagship GAA stadium.

A Kerryman pointed a .22 rifle at a man having a sandwich outside his workplace in Cork and later joked about the fright he caused him.

Flood waters swept over Cork city centre again last night after another Atlantic storm battered the city and the city was subject to a status orange wind warning.

Flood-hit traders in Cork City, who are bracing for more misery tonight, have pleaded with the Government to fast-track the delivery of a multi-million flood defence plan.

An events centre in the heart of Cork City could play a major role in any strategy to revive the city centre, a planning expert has said.

People thought he was mad when he announced plans in 2004 to stage a series of summer concerts, by some of the world’s biggest stars, in a large tent in Cork’s docklands.

The Government is to provide a €10m stimulus package to secure the development of a conference and events centre in Cork City.

Works have begun, again, for a power cable upgrade on a key city road in Cork which was dug up and resurfaced just a year ago.

Rival backers of multimillion- euro events centre projects in Cork have welcomed news that public investment may be available to help get the scheme off the ground.

A fresh bid will be made tonight to kickstart the development of a publicly funded multimillion-euro conference centre in Cork.

Business leaders in Cork City have called for emergency talks with the city’s transport chiefs after it emerged that two major projects are set to cause traffic chaos for over a month.

Torrential rain and gale force winds wreaked havoc with events yesterday, with one of the country’s oldest agricultural festivals worst hit.