Pádraig Hoare: 70,000 homes and businesses at flood risk

Don O’Sullivan bringing sand bags to protect the outside of the Munster Arms Hotel during the flooding in Bandon, West Cork, the result of Storm Frank in 2015. Picture: Dan Linehan

More than 70,000 homes and businesses are at risk from coastal flooding due to climate change in the next 30 years - with Munster counties firmly in the crosshairs of Mother Nature’s angry response to humankind’s dereliction of duty when it comes to harming the planet.

A stark report from Gamma Location Intelligence, which provides map and data analysis to insurance companies and local authorities for risk assessment purposes, found that approximately 62,000 homes are at risk.