Flood-hit residents get driveways back

Three months after five homes were cut off by flooding, residents in Ballycar in Co Clare can again drive into their own driveways.

The homes, one of which had to be vacated, had been left inaccessible by road since the St Bridget’s Day storm on February 1, but water levels have now dropped considerably.

For more than 90 days residents had to trek across fields and neighbours’ properties to reach a dry stretch of road. Locals had to park some distance from their homes depending on the goodwill of other neighbours.