THE worsening flood situation in the environs of Limerick city upstream to Parteen Weir will not hit critical levels for another five days, it has emerged.

RESIDENTS were bracing themselves last night as the lower Shannon threatened to burst its banks for a second day and with Co Clare under a severe flood warning.

THE ESB stopped releasing water from the Ardnacrusha power station and Parteen dam last night to help ease the threat of flooding to hundreds of homes on the Limerick city side of the power station.

The ESB has confirmed it will not release further water at the Parteen Weir this evening.

Energy chiefs today warned of further possible damaging floods along the Shannon after the swollen river reached record levels.

AS A commercial fisherman facing the dole as a result of the proposed government ban on eel fishing, I am fed up with this banana republic.

An elderly women has had to be evacuated from her home in Co Clare due to flooding being blamed on the ESB.

Residents in Clonlara, Co Clare, are seeking compensation from the ESB for floods on their lands near the Ardnacrusha power station.

A massive haul of ammunition and bomb-making components uncovered by Fisheries Protection Officers outside Limerick city has been linked to dissident republican groups.

Garda experts are carrying out forensic tests today on an arms haul made in Co Clare.

The body of a man found in the River Shannon has been identified as that of Kevin Troy who has been missing since August 1st.

The ground-breaking venture to generate electricity in Ireland 75 years ago today took its historic place among international engineering feats like the Eiffel Tower and the Panama Canal.

The ESB has announced that it is to carry out a series of audits on a number of its facilities after concerns were raised over public safety following the deaths of two Limerick students earlier this month.

Rescuers searching for two missing teenagers on the Limerick-Clare border have recovered a boy’s body from the River Shannon.

Rescuers searching for two missing teenagers on the Limerick-Clare border have recovered a body from the River Shannon.

The search for two teenagers feared drowned on the Limerick-Clare border will resume at 8am today.