Are we to be also blamed for the flooding?

We were allegedly responsible for the bust. Are we now to be deemed responsible for the floods as well? Flooding at local level has been with us for a very long time. Every year certain areas are guaranteed to flood and do so, on cue.

Local people got angry, fumed with frustration and demanded that the local authority, government, indeed anybody, do something about it to ensure it did not recur. However, like repairing our disaster of a water pipe system from the rates and taxes we paid, nothing was done. They say that ‘A stitch in time saves nine’ and now we are told that repairing the water network will cost €10bn and take 20 years.

Over recent years, flooding has dramatically increased. Areas that were immune hitherto are now prone to flooding. Bad weather seems to last longer and floods seem to be more frequent, even coming in spring and summer.