Holly Cairns: Devastating flooding in West Cork is the 'final straw'

“People are very devastated. As we saw Skibbereen, the issue was due to a temporary grate on top of a culvert which had not been cleared out in advance of a red warning,” she said

Holly Cairns TD pictured on Main Street, Bantry following severe flooding. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

Decades of inaction to address flooding concerns have left people in West Cork “devastated”, Social Democrats TD Holly Cairns has said.

Speaking to the media at Leinster House, Ms Cairns said the impact of the floods in her Cork South West constituency in recent weeks has been “the final straw for many”.