An exhausted Limerick grandmother whose home flooded five times in 72 hours, said she was on the verge of a “nervous breakdown” unless something was done to alleviate flooding near her home.

A number of homes in Limerick flooded this morning after the River Shannon burst its banks during a eight-meter high tide.

The disdain directed at experts during the Brexit campaign — and in today’s “divorce” negotiations — might have prepared Britain’s civil service for the resignation of the permanent secretary at the British Home Office, Philip Rutnam, following an unprecedented row with his political boss, the polarising Priti Patel.

Viable flood relief options drawn up by Arup went on display in the town over the weekend.

Waterways Ireland has been urged to work with farmers who are facing serious flooding on the Shannon, as the agency initiates a new tourism masterplan for the river.

About 15,000 acres of land in the mid-Shannon area remains flooded this morning.

The allegedly deliberate flooding of part of a housing estate which was already under threat of being flooded, was an act of ”mindless thuggery”, according to a couple living in Shannon Banks, Co Clare.

Road closures are in place across the midlands and west today after heavy rain caused further flooding in a number of areas.

Up to 50mm of rain is expected in 12 counties over the next 48 hours.

For the first time since the recent wet spell began, they were called to provide help yesterday in Limerick and Westmeath.

As I watched our Leo Varadkar looking oh so dapper in his OPW uniform for his latest photoshoot on the evening television news, an old joke came to mind.

As they battle rising floodwater, residents in Clonlara, Co Clare are frustrated a proposed flood defence in the area has so far been set back by 15 months after an environmentalist and planning activist lodged an objection to its construction.

Units from the local fire brigade on duty all night pumping water away from housing areas.

Battle-weary but standing firm, Pat Mason declared the only way he’ll be leaving his flood-hit, Co. Clare home is in a coffin.

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is defending the Government's handling of the flood threat in Athlone, Co. Westmeath.

For the residents of Springfield, Clonlara, Co Clare, the nightmare of flooding has returned.

Thousands of sandbags have been delivered to homes in south-east Clare after the River Shannon burst its banks between the ESB-operated Parteen Weir and Limerick.

Cork's busiest shopping areas came very close to flooding twice today prompting renewed calls for the immediate delivery of the city’s €140m flood defence scheme.

For Cork to grow, and to help avoid the devastation like we saw in 2009, the city should come together to back the proposed relief scheme, writes Ann Doherty

While investment in infrastructure is critical, Venice must look beyond this to restore the ‘civitas’, or citizenry, if it is to avoid the demise many are predicting, writes Carlo Ratti.

Parts of Cork experienced significant flooding today as a result of a burst water main at the junction of Cathedral Road and Gerald Griffin Street.

Talks are being finalised between Cork County Council and their insurers which will provide liability cover for the local authority in the event it fails to erect flood barriers in Mallow and homes and businesses are damaged as a result.

The state agencies overseeing the contentious €140m Cork flood defence plan have published new designs which they say prove it’s not a “walls scheme”, as its critics have claimed.

Families whose homes were destroyed in a flood have demanded answers as to what led to the “disaster”.

Cork County Council's economic development department has been asked to draw up plans to attract small and medium-sized businesses to Bandon amid fears major sewerage and flood projects underway in the town are driving them out.

Monsoon flooding and landslides are continuing to cause havoc in South Asia, with the death toll rising to 78 in Nepal and authorities in neighbouring north-eastern India battling to provide relief to more than four million people in the state of Assam.

At least 51 people are confirmed dead following severe flooding in the region of Durban in South Africa .

Work on a vital flood prevention scheme has been delayed again and construction on it may not start for another year.

Clare and Louth are the counties where dwellings are most likely to be affected, with 10% and 9% of homes respectively at risk.

A new study has found that in areas badly affected by flooding, commuters can face extra costs amounting to almost 39% of their daily earnings during the period of disruption, with those on lower incomes suffer proportionately greater losses.

An €8m flood prevention plan for a Cork satellite town has been delayed because a review is being undertaken of an environmental impact assessment (EIA) and it also awaits sanction from the minister for public expenditure and reform.

The record in Cork of the Office of Public Works on managing rivers so that flooding might be minimised is not impressive. In Bandon and in Skibbereen rivers have been subjugated and transformed from things of beauty to industrial drains.