Clare homes cut off by up to 8ft high floods for over a month

The front garden of one of a number of homes cut off by flood waters for more than a month, has been designated an emergency landing site in the event of a local resident needing to be airlifted to hospital.

A total of five homes at Ballycar near Newmarket on Fergus in Co Clare remain cut off as their local road flooded to a depth of more than 8ft in two locations.

The flood waters are so deep that the area is only accessible by boat or by trekking through fields and local gardens.