Residents swamped as floods return

THEY were told after the 1996 disaster that it would never happen again.

But yesterday, devastated residents of two quiet housing estates on Cork’s northside were counting the cost again after their homes were swamped by a massive deluge for the second time in 15 years.

The alarm was raised at 2.30am after a water main at the junction of the Old Youghal Road and Goldsmith’s Avenue ruptured.