Town centre devastated by floods for second time in seven weeks

A WEST CORK town was under three feet of water yesterday morning, for the second time in seven weeks.

Gardaí said the emergency services were first alerted at 12.30am and, a few hours later, Mill Road, Market Street, Townsend Street and parts of Main Street in Skibbereen were flooded.

Sergeant Tony McCarthy said the problems were compounded because the bypass route had been closed.