Cabinet expected to extend flood relief package after damage in east of country  

Significant damage has occurred in counties Louth and Wexford as a result of heavy rainfall. 

Jim Codd in a dingy on the Haven estate in Rosslare, Co Wexford. Picture: Jim Codd/PA Wire

An enhanced funding package for businesses in the east of the country devastated by flooding is expected to be signed off by Cabinet this week.

Speaking in Seoul, South Korea, Trade Minister Simon Coveney said officials are working to get money to businesses and homes as soon as they can and an incorporeal Cabinet meeting may happen this week to give access to a similar scheme announced for Midleton in Cork.