Bishop of Cork criticises lack of leadership to co-ordinate aid for flood victims

There is no one in charge of the emergency response to the recent floods, with a lack of overall co-ordination on the ground, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork has said.

Revered Paul Colton, the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, also said there are some immediate situations of emergency need which just can’t wait for grant aid forms to be filled out and processed.

Bishop Colton, who has launched a flood fund appeal to help people in Bandon and Midleton in Co Cork, praised those working on the frontline, but said there appeared to be little co-ordination at national level.