The Ennis to Limerick railway line will reopen today after it was forced to close due to flooding earlier this year.

Three months after five homes were cut off by flooding, residents in Ballycar in Co Clare can again drive into their own driveways.

The front garden of one of a number of homes cut off by flood waters for more than a month, has been designated an emergency landing site in the event of a local resident needing to be airlifted to hospital.

The Office of Public Works has said it has no responsibility in relation to the flooding of a rail line in Co Clare despite being blamed for the problem in a report.

President Michael D Higgins has been made a freeman of a town he used to reach by cycling eight miles every morning during his schooldays.

IARNRÓD Éireann has confirmed that the Ennis-Limerick railway line has reopened after it was closed for almost eight weeks due to flooding.

Disrupted rail commuters in the mid west are expected to be back on track today with the re-opening of the Limerick to Ennis railway line.

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