Cork City streets reopen after torrential rainfall and flooding on Sunday

Persistent rainfall throughout the afternoon and evening led to traffic chaos in areas including the South Link Road, the Commons Road, the Lough, and Monahan Road

A garda spokesman said there were no major incidents reported as a result of the weather conditions yesterday. File picture: Dan Linehan

Gardaí have said that, following hours of torrential rainfall on Sunday, Cork city's streets have reopened this morning and are safe to travel on.

The South Link road, which had been shut overnight, reopened to traffic shortly before 7am.