THE results of a severity and impact report into the recent severe flooding in Newcastle West will be made known at a public meeting in the town next week.

PEOPLE living in one of the worst affected areas of the Newcastle West floods are calling on Limerick County Council to review a decision to grant planning permission for a leading housing development for lands that were flooded.

ANGRY residents and business people in Newcastle West claimed they are being “fobbed” off by Limerick County Council over the reason behind the flooding that devastated the town.

Parts of Limerick have been hit by further flooding less than a week after torrential downpours caused millions of euros worth of damage in the town of Newcastle-West.

Tap water in Co Limerick was declared safe to drink tonight after concerns the supply may have been contaminated during freak flooding.

HOMEOWNERS and farmers all along the Blackwater are once again counting the cost of flood damage to property and crops.

A drinking water conservation notice is in place in Limerick following overnight flooding.

Several cattle drowned and an elderly woman had to be airlifted to hospital today during freak floods that devastated homes and businesses.

The town of Mallow in Co Cork has been hit by severe flooding this afternoon as heavy rains continue to batter many parts of the country.

An elderly woman had to be airlifted to safety today after homes and businesses were evacuated during freak floods.

Around 3,000 households are without electricity this morning following a major flash flood in Limerick overnight.

A COLONY of wild and farmyard duck in Co Limerick is under threat after their minders were stolen.