Midleton residents to hold second protest over council's slow installation of flood defences

Some 600 houses and 300 businesses were damaged in the 2023 Storm Babet, forcing some businesses to close permanently, with damages estimated between €180m and €200m

Aerial photographs taken in October 2023 showed the shocking extent of the flooding in Midleton, with major routes and open spaces submerged. Photo: Guileen Coast Guard unit

A second planned protest over the slow roll-out of flood defences by Cork County Council after Storm Babet is to go ahead on Saturday.

Members of the Midleton and East Cork Flood Protection Group say Cork County Council has failed to act fast enough to improve flood defences and will mount the protest on what is the storm’s second anniversary.