ANGER is mounting among the hundreds of people who this time last year had to flee their homes in Galway, Offaly, Westmeath and Roscommon as the Shannon and other smaller rivers burst their banks and flooded thousands of acres.

THE south Galway region was pounded last November, with floodwater failing to abate for several weeks.

Desperate homeowners across south Galway were at crisis point tonight as floods continued to run off hills leaving farms, villages and towns marooned.

THE shock retirement of Fr Maurice ‘Mossie’ Dillane for fathering a child sparked a massive outpouring of public support and sympathy yesterday.