Fury as town fails to cope with flooding

A FURIOUS pub owner led calls last night for urgent action after new pipes failed to cope with a thunderstorm which flooded a popular tourist town.

Dalton’s Pub in Kinsale, Co Cork, was one of a number of town centre businesses swamped with almost two feet of water and sewage after the downpour on Tuesday afternoon.

The town never flooded before a new pipe system was installed, pub owner Colm Dalton said. His pub was flooded for the seventh time in a year on Tuesday, he said. “We’re at our wits’ end,” he said.