Storm Babet
Businesses hit by Storm Babet floods may be offered up to €100,000 in emergency aid
The cabinet is set to sign off on an emergency aid package that will offer grants of up to €100,000 to the worst-affected businesses and organisations
The government looks set to increase the amount of money that businesses worst hit by Storm Babet can claim in emergency grants to €100,000 after historic floods in Cork and Waterford last week.
Simon Coveney, the minister for enterprise, will bring a memo to cabinet on Tuesday proposing improvements to the existing flood relief scheme for businesses in the towns most impacted by a storm that brought a month’s worth of rain in just one ...