Hospital roof damaged amid storm chaos

A section of the roof at Cork University Hospital was damaged and there were electricity outages and spot flooding around the south of the country as winds of up to 140km/h battered the country.

Three units of Cork Fire Brigade attended the hospital after winds ripped cladding from the unoccupied cardiac renal unit.

Waves up to 12m high were recorded off the south-east coast as the storm gathered pace and high flood alerts were put in place in Cork City.