Store owner remains upbeat

“IT looked like a nuclear bomb had gone off, it looked like Hiroshima.”

That was John O’Riordan’s reaction after the 65-year-old owner of the Coffeequip store awoke to find his livelihood devastated by the flooding deluge.

After visiting a friend in Midleton, east Cork, on Thursday evening the businessman was assured his premises on the Western Road were safe from any potential damage.