City Council Engineers, Gardai and members of Cork City fire service are working to make Barrack Street safe after last night's high winds led to a trail of destruction.
Debris was scattered across the street due to the strong winds that hit the area shortly after midnight.
Damage was caused to the gable end of Murphy's Coal Unit on the street, while rubbish, bins, and sheets of metal were all scattered around the area.
The street has been closed from Tom Barry's to Sullivan's Quay to allow for a clean up operation and gardai are at the scene along with council engineers who are working to ensure the buildings are all safe.
Finbarr O'Shea who runs the Flying Enterprise on Barrack Street told RedFM News that locals reported that a number of slates had been lifted off a number of old buildings on the street during the night.
"I'm just after walking up the street now, and I can see that there is a bit of damage done to Murphy's Coal and Gas unit, slates from old buildings have come off. Every place is cornered off, but there doesn't seem to be any serious damage.
"It's a precaution more than anything to make sure that there is no building that is dangerous or anything. There's a few people around from the Council looking at buildings."
