'No sooner had I set foot in my living room when I found myself splashing around' - West Cork residents braced for further floods

Rosscarbery neighbours Michael O'Brien and Noel O'Sullivan whose houses were flooded last weekend. There are fears of further flooding over the coming days. Picture: Neil Michael.

The last thing 89-year-old Michael O’Brien expected to find in his living room was what greeted him at around 2am last Wednesday morning.

Swimming about on his only recently-laid wooden floor were eels and trout.