A Galway supermarket owner has said his business has been"absolutely destroyed" after Storm Debi caused seawater to burst into his store, causing severe damage.
Ronan Hennigan, owner of a Londis supermarket in the village, said one of his employees became trapped in the store due to water filling up the shop early this morning. Speaking on RTÉ's News At One he said:"We rang the emergency services, they sent out a fire brigade, an ambulance and eventually the tide subsided about half an hour later and they were able to get in, get him out and take him to hospital and get him checked out. Fortunately, he’s fine, he’s okay.
Mr Hennigan described the damage caused to the supermarket as"unthinkable" and said his business had been"absolutely destroyed".