A family home in Cork has suffered severe damage after it was hit by lightning during the thunderstorms that blasted the country this week.
Multiple fire brigade units rushed to the house near Fivemilebridge on Tuesday after a suspected lightning strike sparked what the Cork City Fire Brigade described as a "serious" blaze.
A Cork City team was joined by the Carrigaline crew and the group managed to get the blaze under control and then fully out by around midnight.
