Clare village on the frontline in the battle against Shannon floodwater

THE neighbourhood of Springfield just outside Clonlara village in south east Clare is in the forefront of the battle against the raging lower Shannon.

Other nearby villages, including Castleconnell and Montpelier on the Co Limerick side, are also going into flood lockdown with booms being erected and sandbags ferried in to fill the breaches.

In Springfield, the locals along with workers from Clare County Council, Civil Defence and reinforcements from the army’s 12th Battalion at Sarsfield Barracks in Limerick joined ranks to fight back the flood threat.