'We don’t have to worry about what the night will bring' - Bandon flood scheme opens 

Residents and businesspeople in the Co Cork town hope the new flood relief work will end the misery of periodic flooding

Flooding has long been practically routine in South Main St and surrounding areas of Bandon, Co Cork — in this instance in November,  2009. File picture: Denis Boyle

ERIC HICKEY can trace his family’s involvement in local business in Bandon back for more than 160 years and, through all that time, the threat of flooding has been ever-present.

“There have been Hickeys here since at least 1855,” he says, “They’ve had pubs and grocers and other businesses, they have always been involved in the town.”