Flood threat homeowners take council fight to EU

A FAMILY made homeless as a result of the November floods crisis is set to tell the European Parliament that local council planners who allowed them to build on a flood plain are responsible for the scandal.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, 32-year-old Tom Flatley said he and his wife Noreen were given the green light by Galway county council planners to re-develop a dilapidated farm house at Ardrahan in 2002.

The area is a known flood plain, with previous homes being severely flooded in the territory.