Flood victims in Skibbereen, West Cork, say they can see light at the end of the tunnel and are confident that work on a €14m project to protect them will start this summer.

Two floods within 12 hours left dozens of homes damaged as surface water depths topped 20in in a West Cork market town.

A lobby group representing people living in flood-risk zones has called on the Government to exempt from the new property tax, homes that cannot get flood insurance cover.

THE ESB has bowed to pressure and a lowered a critical water level at its dams on the River Lee in the hope of reducing flood risk.

A TOWN ravaged by last year’s winter floods is setting up a national body to help and lobby for flood-risk communities.