A High Court judge in Britain will rule today on whether residents can bring a legal action over plans to station surface-to-air missiles on the roof of a 17-storey residential tower block during the Olympics.

Plans to station surface-to-air missiles on the roof of a tower block during the Olympics could expose residents to a terrorist attack, the High Court was told today.

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