Flood plan failure to be raised in Dáil

THE failure by the authorities to activate Co Limerick’s major emergency plan when Newcastle West and wider areas of west Limerick were swept by massive floods on the night of July 31/August 1 is to be raised in the Dáil.

Local residents are angry that lives were put at risk because the major emergency plan was not swung into action.

Some families in the Newcastle West area are still unable to move back to their homes. No compensation has been paid to businesses and homeowners who have paid out huge sums of money in repairs and clean up work. Some people have been given assistance through welfare payments.