Taoiseach offers no update on extra flood relief funds

THE Taoiseach was confronted by angry flood victims yesterday, but would not be drawn on extra relief funds.

A number of Athlone residents accused Brian Cowen of failing to spend adequate time surveying the devastation.

They accused him of only being interested in a “publicity stunt” as Mr Cowen rushed back to Dublin after spending the morning touring some of the worst affected areas in the mid-west.