Frantic traders scramble for sandbags

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Frantic traders scramble for sandbags
Wed, 05 Feb, 2014 - 00:00
Eoin English

Traders in Cork City who were swamped by flood waters again last night have lashed out after chaotic scenes during a sandbag distribution operation yesterday.

Hundreds of frantic business owners had to clamber as some 2,000 sandbags and flood sacks were handed out from trucks on Oliver Plunkett St before the flood struck.

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