Limerick woman ‘was floating on the water in her bed’ during last flood

Madeline Whelan was removing presents from under the Christmas tree in the front room of the family home in St Mary’s Park yesterday.

Like most of the 300 households in one of Limerick’s Regeneration estates, she is on flood alert.

Madeline’s home was flooded when the Shannon burst its banks on February 1, 2014, and she had to take refuge upstairs for several weeks while repair work was carried out and furniture and electrical fittings were replaced.