Kerry residents weary of failed ministerial flood promises

Sandbags still mounted against front doors; bare floors; mops, buckets and heaps of soiled furniture inside — clear signs of the deluge that swamped homes in Ballylongford twice since Christmas.

However, it was calm and deceptively sunny, without a hint of rain, when the Minister for the Office of Public Works Brian Hayes and a bevy of politicians of every hue visited the north Kerry village yesterday.