AN elderly couple evacuated from a flooded retirement village are now safely settled with their family whilst other residents have been moved to a hotel. Geoff Enright, 94, and wife Rose, 87, were among around 50 residents rescued by firefighters from Weaver Court yesterday after it was cut off with no heating or power by Storm Christoph.
Rose and Geoff Enright celebrating Geoff s 93rd birthday
Rose and Geoff Enright celebrating Geoff s 93rd birthday Residents and staff were ferried in dingies to Memorial Court whilst a multi-agency crisis team found them emergency accommodation. Anxious families had waited all day to find out what was happening as their loved ones were stranded inside the care home, where all the telephone lines were down.