Travel chaos as wind and rain batters the country

Torrential rain and strong winds caused significant flooding across Munster last night.

Roads in Cork and Waterford became impassable in some cases due to the volume of water which had accumulated.

Late last night a number of units of Cork City fire brigade were dealing with flooding in the Blackpool area of the city and in the suburb of Glanmire there were fears of a repeat of the damaging flooding of last June.