‘People have got to be pragmatic about this’

MEMBERS of the public who were collecting emergency supplies of water from tankers at Blackpool Shopping Centre on Cork city’s northside yesterday were admirably level-headed about the whole affair, in spite of their concerns about getting through up to a week without direct access to one of life’s basics.

Michelle Murphy from Redemption Road in Cork city said she was just getting on with day-to-day activities as best she could and that practical solutions were being found, even for families with small children.

She expressed gratitude that her home wasn’t ruined as a result of the deluge and spoke of going to friends and family in order to do her laundry.