Residents hit for fourth time plead for flood barriers

Residents and business- owners in flood-risk areas should be given protective barriers to prevent a repeat of the damage done to their homes from this week’s deluge — a Cork City councillor has claimed.

Parts of Blackpool on the city’s northside are counting the cost for a fourth time in a decade after heavy downpours on Wednesday night caused the River Bride to cascade into the village.

Some families have had no insurance since the first event in 2002 and have asked the council to supply flood barriers that can be placed across doorways.