Farmers urge action as floods engulf land

ACTION to alleviate flooding across thousands of acres in the Shannon Basin was sought yesterday by the Irish Farmers Association as conditions on saturated farm land worsened.

Rains storms, which particularly lashed the midlands and west in recent weeks, have left thousands of acres under water and disrupted farm work.

IFA president Padraig Walshe, who visited the region yesterday, as further heavy rain and high winds were forecast, said there is an urgent need for a Shannon flood relief scheme.