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Emargo until 9pm, Friday 2 February 2024 Winning Images from the 2024 AIB Press Photographer of the Year Award Winner, Sustainability Award. Title:Hair-Raising Devastation Description: Rosaleen O’Donnell, proprietor of the HS2 Salon in Midleton, Co. Cork, standing in her hair salon which was destroyed by flood water brought by Storm Babet in October. The torrential flooding in Midleton was the worst in 70 years and the town’s flood relief scheme is not due to start till 2025. Storm Babet was the second named storm of the year to hit western Europe. The storm left 100 homes flooded and dozens of businesses in Midleton destroyed. Photographer:Dan Linehan / Irish Examiner