Election 2024: 'What happened to us was a wake-up call' says Midleton flood victim 

A victim of flooding tells the Irish Examiner how Storm Babet completely changed her attitude about how to cast her vote

Caroline Leahy at the back door of her home in Midleton, Co Cork. Her home had three feet of flood water on the ground floor after the flooding during Storm Babet over a year ago. Picture: Larry Cummins 

In the build-up to the last general election, Midleton woman Caroline Leahy was very much an undecided voter.

Not only was she unaware of anything about the candidates before she cast her vote, but to this day, she has no idea who she voted for in February 2020.