Tackling floods: Our Government should follow the Dutch lead

It’s over 60 years since the Dutch accepted the challenges that flooding brought. It’s time our Government did likewise, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.  

The country’s drones are providing us with some great images of landscapes altered after several weeks of torrential rains but at ground level there is little in the way of beauty.

While it is a case of hats off for those who have been battling to save their businesses and homes one has to wonder at the lack of proper planning for events which are surely now foreseeable.