VIDEO & PICS: Further hardship for flood hit towns after Storm Frank

Homeowners and businesses across Cork were yesterday recovering from Storm Frank’s fallout — and bracing themselves for further hardship.

While Fermoy and Mallow are no strangers to deluges, the flood defence systems in both towns limited their exposure to the floods. Bandon and Midleton were not as lucky, however.

Eric Hickey, who was again cleaning out his newsagents on Bandon’s South Main Street yesterday, described the flooding that engulfed his store as “chaos”.