Flooded residents hold onto sandbags

RESIDENTS whose homes were swamped two months ago when the river Tolka burst its banks are holding on to their sandbags - just in case it happens again, a committee of Dublin City Council heard yesterday.

A full report by consultants on the November 14 flooding which hit scores of houses on the northside of the city will be presented to the council by May.

Office of Public Works crews are currently carrying out a package of emergency works, but representatives of Tolka River Residents’ Alliance who attended yesterday’s committee meeting insisted that the response of the authorities to the emergency response was inadequate, as was the warning given to residents.