US donations pour in for Cork flood victim who has MS

Donations have been arriving from the US for a flood victim with multiple sclerosis, and for her family.

Margaret and Maurice Murray’s home on Mill Rd in Midleton, Co Cork, was destroyed when it was engulfed by up to 2m of water after the Owenacurra river burst its banks last week.

The couple, their daughters Megan and Ann, Ann’s boyfriend, Stephen, and the family’s two pet dogs, had to be rescued by firefighters from their low-lying home, which is just 500m from the river. Two family cars were also destroyed.