Homes and businesses in Cork begin clean-up after Storm Babet unleashed havoc

Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe said funding is available after parts of Cork experience a month’s rainfall in a day

Emergency personnel working amid the floods on Main St, Midleton, Co Cork, after Storm Babet lashed much of Ireland's south coast, with East Cork appearing to be particularly badly hit. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Town centres, homes, businesses, and community organisations across East Cork are facing a mammoth clean-up after Storm Babet brought a month’s rainfall in one day, leaving the county devastated by floods.

The army was dispatched to assist on Wednesday as the likes of Midleton and Glanmire became impassable, children were stranded at school with roads impassable and buses cancelled, while clubhouses and sports pitches were destroyed.