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Bantry flooding - is enough being done?

Up to 65mm of rain fell in Bantry in Cork over the course of just 12 hours at the weekend. Bantry...

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12.42 8 Oct 2024


Bantry flooding - is enough being done?


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12.42 8 Oct 2024


Up to 65mm of rain fell in Bantry in Cork over the course of just 12 hours at the weekend.

Bantry is a high risk area, having flooded four times in 18 months between 2018 and 2020. 

A flood relief scheme is currently in planning, but is it coming soon enough?

Andrea is joined by Susan Shepherd of Philip Dix Jewellers, Eddie Wiseman from Wiseman's Clothing Shop to discuss the damage.


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