Cork businesses cleaning up after sudden floods insist lessons must be learned

More rainfall is due this week with Met Éireann issuing a status yellow rainfall warning for Cork for Wednesday

Michael Murphy, general manager of Turner's Cross Tavern, discarding floor coverings after Sunday's floods. Picture: Jim Coughlan

The manager of a bar which was flooded for the first time in its history during Sunday’s intense cloud-bursts over Cork says lessons must be learned.

Mike Murphy, who runs the Turner’s Cross Tavern, said they were hit by a foot of water in just 20 minutes, trapping several customers inside.