Volunteer corps set to aid future response

Work is under way to establish a rapid response volunteer corps to help flood victims in Cork.

It came as traders united yesterday to help each other reopen for business.

The setting up of the volunteer corps follows an appeal by management at the Savoy nightclub on Tuesday night for volunteers to help to stricken businesses. Some of the Savoy’s staff were supported by over 20 volunteers who responded yesterday morning to the social media appeal issued at the height of Tuesday night’s flood — the second to hit the city in two days — and the third flood this year.