One restaurant manager said customers forced to ‘leave their dinner’ and flee upstairs as water flooded premises
“The council are here at the moment,” she said of the clean-up under way in the hours after the thunder storm downpour just after 3pm. “We had to get an electrician in because we lost out till, our card machine and phone. We had customers here at the time and water was flooding in through the doors. All they could do was run up stairs and leave their dinner. Some of them were also on the stairs watching the water coming in.
Ms Rigley added her staff responded very quickly, using brushes and mops to clear the water flooding the premises, which helped to minimise the damage. However, though the shower lasted “for only five or 10 minutes” her business had to close for up to three hours, though they were eventually able to switch to providing takeaways for customers.
“I had a look and I could see the drains were blocked outside,” she said. “So we lost a lot of custom, about two or three hours, as we tried to get the water out.” More images from near Enniscorthy of the large hail. Many people are shocked we can see hail in June but you can get hail at any time of year.
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