Douglas Community School principal: ‘If the roof had struck somebody, they would have had no chance’

A school principal has spoken of his relief that nobody was killed or injured when the roof was ripped off its gym before slamming into nearby homes.

Jim Long, the principal of Douglas Community School on the southside of Cork city, was speaking yesterday as he began to fully assess the scale of the damage caused by the hurricane-force winds.

“If it had struck somebody, they would have had no chance,” Mr Long said.