Over 100 Cork flood victims to sue ESB

The ESB is now facing legal action from over 100 victims of the 2009 Cork flood ahead of the looming deadline for lodging legal claims.

It follows a public meeting in the city over the weekend at which 20 more residents indicated their plan to sue before the statute of limitations passes on November 19.

The meeting was organised on the Mardyke, one of the worst hit areas in the November 2009 flood, to lay out the various options available in the wake of a landmark court ruling against the ESB last month. The High Court ruled in early October that the ESB was 60% liable for damage caused to University College Cork’s (UCC) campus from the massive flood which engulfed the city in 2009.