FG: Parlon two-faced over flooding

MINISTER of State Tom Parlon has come under fire over the Government’s response to flooding in the Midlands, with Fine Gael accusing him of being “two-faced.”

Up to 70,000 acres of farmland are under water in counties Offaly, Westmeath, Longford, Roscommon, Leitrim, and Galway, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), following weeks of extremely wet weather which caused the River Shannon and some tributaries to flood.

Fine Gael agriculture spokesperson Denis Naughten said yesterday that the Government had wasted five years by doing little to prevent flooding from the Shannon.