More money will be provided to Cork County Council to fix roads badly damaged during Storm Babet, the Taoiseach has said. East Cork bore the brunt of infrastructural damage during Storm Babet last October, with Midleton devastated. Cork County Council has done some emergency repairs to reopen key roads but others are still in shocking conditions. Council chief executive Valerie O’Sullivan welcomed the overall allocation but said the amount for storm damage repairs was nowhere near enough. Leo Varadkar observes the damage to a local business on Main Street in Midleton, Co Cork, after Storm Babet last October.

Source: Irish Examiner February 26, 2024 07:49 UTC