Clean up under way in Bantry as Cork city escapes major floods 

Flood peaked just 2cm short of a potentially major flood event in Cork city

A Christmas tree stands on a flooded Morrisons Quay in Cork city yesterday during Storm Barra. Photo: Daragh McSweeney/Provision

Cork city came within two centimetres of a potentially major flood on Tuesday as coastal areas were battered by Storm Barra.

While city traders breathed a sigh of relief again, a major clean-up operation was under way in Bantry where almost 30, mostly commercial, premises were flooded.