Ex-TD hits out at pier wall builder as mother is forced from her home

The elderly mother of former Fine Gael TD Michael Finucane had to be rescued from her flooded home in Foynes, Co Limerick, yesterday morning.

Josie Finucane, 97, who lives with her daughter Triona on the main street in the town, was brought by ambulance to St Ita’s hospital in Newcastle West.

About 20 homes and businesses were swamped in up to a metre of flood water after a wall near the main pier in Foynes was breached by the high tide shortly after 7am. Water gushed through buildings within minutes.