Mother-of-four faces spending Christmas in hotel over floods

A mother of four broke down after hearing her family may have to stay in a hotel for Christmas .

Liz Hogan, from Clonlara, Co Clare, was evacuated on Wednesday by Clare Civil Defence on a boat with three of her youngest children, after floodwater struck.

Now in a Limerick hotel, Liz said the stress of the family’s ordeal was made worse when they found out Clare County Council had not been able to source accommodation for the family.