Floods: Insurer urges fund to help those with no cover

The Government has again been called on to establish a flood fund to help deal with millions of euro of losses as a result of the recent floods.

Home and shop insurance experts www.insuremyhouse.ie and insuremyshop.ie said that if its previous call had been heeded and a flood fund, similar to the motor fund run by the Motor Insurance Bureau, had been set up, businesses and homes would have a financial cushion to fall back on.

Recent storms and bad weather have seen places such as Westmeath, Limerick, Clare, Galway, and Cork experience severe flooding.