Budget funding promised for floods

THE Government is to ring-fence money in the budget to shore up the country’s flood defences.

Budget funding   promised for floods

Junior Minister with responsibility for OPW Brian Hayes says approximately €250 million will be spent on what is being called “critical infrastructure” over the next five years.

Up to 30 separate projects are at various stages of completion so far this year, including prevention works in Mallow, Fermoy and Clonmel.

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