Scathing attack on flood relief scheme

A SCATHING attack on Clonmel’s new flood relief scheme has been launched by the secretary of the Workman’s Boat Club in the Tipperary town.

Retired teacher Shay Hurley claimed the scheme had “rewarded the theft of land from the flood plain”. He described the scheme, at a public forum, as “mind-boggling, stultifying and absolutely incredible”.

He said it rewarded developers, speculators and the local authority, and no one had been held accountable for the damage caused to the town’s history and heritage.