Bantry cleans up after Barra but locals fear inevitable floods to come

Some 23 premises were flooded in the town last week after gale force winds gusted to more than 130km/h

Bantry in West Cork was flooded for the fourth time in some 18 months this week. Picture: Anne Marie Cronin Photography

Seaweed was still strewn across the streets, tangled around lampposts and caught in decking along Bantry’s harbour front days after Storm Barra hit last week.

“Bantry is the most flooded town in Ireland,” Fianna Fáil TD Christopher O’Sullivan told the Dáil after the seaside town flooded for the fourth time in some 18 months this week.