Emergency aid of €15m is being made available to flood victims

Emergency humanitarian aid of €15m is being made available to flood victims without insurance as storms again battered the country.

Cork was badly hit last night, with the city centre, the harbour towns of Kinsale and Cobh, and the towns of Carrigaline, Midleton, and Clonakilty among the areas flooded. Witnesses reported waves of about 30ft crashing over houses in Glandore, Co Cork. There was also flooding in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, while the promenade in Tramore, Co Waterford, was also under water.

Hurricane-force winds were reported in Co Waterford and Wexford.