‘We’ve never had a problem with flooding before’

ALTHOUGH Isobel Butler knew the River Poddle ran underground near her home in Harold’s Cross, she never realised how close it was to her property.

The psychologist spent yesterday coming to terms with the damage caused to her semi-detached house on Greenmount Avenue after the river overflowed on Monday.

“We first saw the water coming up through the floor and then it burst in through the front door.”