Businesses in Bantry in west Cork are again counting the cost after about 20 premises were flooded when the town’s drainage system was unable to take the run-off from a downpour which hit the area in the middle of the night.
Heavy rain between 3am and 4am on Tuesday morning led to up to 20 premises on Main Street and New Street in Bantry being inundated, in some cases up to a depth of nearly 30cm, according to local Independent Ireland councillor Danny Collins.
“I slept through the downfall of rain myself but people who hear
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