Attempts to rescue flood victim backfired

Attempts to rescue a woman trapped in a basement flat during last year’s floods in Dublin by breaking a window backfired as water poured in, Dublin Coroner’s Court heard.

The inquest into the death of Filipino hospice worker and mother Celia De Jesus, who drowned at her flat on Parnell Rd, heard that her neighbours tried to save her as she screamed for help.

The incident occurred during heavy rainfall on Oct 24, last year. Flooding engulfed houses on Parnell Rd as water from the River Poddle surged towards the Grand Canal.