Flood group to fight for insurance cover

THE lobby group fighting for flood-ravaged communities is to press the Government to take on the insurance industry and help flood victims get cover.

The Irish National Flood Forum, which represents some 400 flood-prone communities across the country, said it will bring its members’ insurance concerns directly to the minister with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW) at its second national conference this weekend.

“If you ask anyone in a flood-risk community at the moment what the most outstanding problem is, they’ll say insurance,” National Flood Forum member Cathal O’Donovan said.