January 15, 2021 11:40 am
The “imminent risk” of homes and farms being flooded in Co. Roscommon was raised in the Dáil yesterday (Thursday, January 14).
Roscommon-Galway TD Denis Naughten noted that three farmyards are under threat, with water levels at Lough Funshinagh 1.75m higher as of January 4 than on the same date last year, which itself saw record water levels.
He added that water in the turlough usually does not reach peak levels until March.
Families that are already being impacted by Covid-19 restrictions are under additional untold psychological pressure as the flood waters outside their doors inch closer and closer.
Noting that the Geological Survey of Ireland (GIS) had previously carried out an assessment of the turlough, Naughten called for a review of that assessment to account for the rapidly rising water levels and the fact that properties that were not considered under threat in the original assessment are under threat now.
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