St Fin Barre’s Cathedral seen through the 30 metre ferris wheel and vintage carousel on Grand Parade as part of Glow – A Cork Christmas Celebration. The Glow festival will not open today, but should be open again tomorrow.
Picture: Clare Keogh
A number of events have been cancelled around Cork today as the city and county experiences extremely wet and windy conditions while Storm Desmond continues to batter the coastline.
Kinsale and Bandon areas were worst affected by power outages overnight with some 1200 homes left without electricity as gusts of up to 118km/h were recorded off the west coast.
ESB Networks were working overnight to repair faults with power restored to all but 81 homes in Kinsale and 97 in Bandon by early this morning.
Some 2300 runners due to participate in the sold out Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon were disappointed to hear that the race was called off early this morning. Gardaí made the decision having driven the route and discovering that parts of the roads were under water.
Cork City Council’s Christmas festival Glow, which takes place in Bishop Lucey Park, will not open today due to strong wind warnings but is expected to be open tomorrow for Christmas shoppers tomorrow. Meanwhile roads are wet around the city with AA Roadwatch advising motorists to drive with extra care.
A number of flights in and out of Cork Airport were also cancelled this morning.