Midleton businesses left in limbo as insurance companies fail to pay out

Cleaning up at Lollipop Kids on Main Street, Midleton, Cork after last month's flooding. While many of the town’s businesses have reopened and are trading again, they are still counting the cost of the clean up, and the damaged and lost stock. Picture: Dan Linehan

Up to 30 businesses in Midleton are in limbo as insurance companies are “treating them with absolute disdain” by stalling payouts on policies following the damage caused by Storm Babet.

Just over a month has passed since catastrophic flooding hit the town after a month’s worth of rain fell in just 24 hours.