A week before Kerry storm damage costs estimated

It will be at least a week before Kerry County Council has carried out full assessment of the damage, as well as an estimate of the cost of repairs and long-term work required to protect the county’s vulnerable coastline.

A key element of work to be carried out will be the protection of people’s houses from flooding. The homes of some families in the Cromane, Cashen and Ballylongford areas were flooded for the first time in living memory.

County manager Tom Curran has stated the council will not be able to fund repair work from its own resources and has called for 100% Government funding to deal with coastal erosion.