More than €5m spent so far on flooded Cork roads

Cork County Council has already spent just shy of €5.1m on road clean-up and repair since December 19 with a lot more expenditure on crumbling roads expected in the coming weeks.

The initial preliminary estimated cost is contained in an assessment of the damage to roads around the country and is being forwarded to the national directorate for fire and emergency management within the Department of the Environment.

A spokesman for Cork County Council said the €5.096m had been spent since December 19 last on the initial response to consistent bad weather and severe flooding, including clean-up and repairs.