Cork City’s traders ‘need support more than ever now’

All across Cork City, there were water pumps buzzing as exhausted traders stood at the front door throwing bucket after bucket of flood water out of their premises.

Traders said they couldn’t cross from one side of Oliver Plunkett St to the other without waders as the water was above wellington boot level.

And it didn’t stop. The flood water continued to rise in the 20 minutes after the much dreaded 8.50pm high tide, and it was only after many traders dared open their front door that the water flooded in.