Residents refused cover and forced to pay hiked premiums after 2009 deluge

The majority of Mardyke residents have been refused flood cover and had their insurance premiums doubled since the Cork floods of Nov 2009, a residents’ spokesperson has said.

And in nearby Peters St, one resident had her flood and subsidence cover removed from her insurance policy, while her premium more than doubled.

The Cork deluge resulted in damage estimated at almost €150m to the city at the time.