Cork champions Sarsfields allow pitch to flood to spare community

Newly crowned Cork senior hurling champions Sarsfields took the decision to turn their pitch into a flood plain to limit the damage to the Glanmire area of Storm Babet.

Cork is currently being ravaged by the effects of Storm Babet, with extensive flooding in Midleton, Glanmire and Blackpool, and properties flooded and roads deemed impassable in towns across the county.

Cork County Mayor Cllr Frank O'Flynn said that a "month's worth of rain" had fallen in the town in the last 24 hours.

Sarsfields, who defeated to Midleton to lift their seventh Cork senior crown at the weekend, have taken the decision to sacrifice their pitch in an attempt to spare the wider community and nearby businesses.

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