Businesses lauded for coming back from flood brink

In what are difficult times for most businesses, 22 outlets have been honoured for coming back from the brink after suffering the added problem of coping with a devastating flood.

Community leaders in Glanmire, Cork, have paid tribute to the businesses in the Hazelwood Shopping Centre, which were deluged with over 1m of water on Jun 28.

In return, those businesses have praised the local community which rallied to help them clean up and stayed loyal ever since, choosing in many cases to wait until they reopened rather than go elsewhere.