Storm Ophelia and its effects in Cork, Ireland.

Pictured is Ronan Nangle owner of Nangle and Nielsen Tree nurseries in West Cork, photographed for the Irish Examiner after Storm Ophelia passed across the southern and west tip of Ireland, causing devastation in its wake. Ronan was left with around 300 thousand euro's worth of damage to his trees alone  Many nurtured from small seedlings and up to twenty years old.  He emphasised that here is a human cost as it is his, his workers and families livelyhoods at risk. However Ronan was stoical in his response and is determined with his staff to recover and put the storm behind him moving forward.