Storm Frank: We must face up to climate change, says Minister

A government minister says we need to face up to the reality of climate change as incidents of flooding become a “frightening” part of daily life.

Minister of state Ann Phelan made her comments after serious flooding affected her home town of Graiguenamanagh in the early hours of Wednesday, while many towns and roads in the region were hit by high river levels and heavy rainfall.

A number of homes in Graiguenamanagh were evacuated overnight after the River Duiske in the Co Kilkenny town burst its banks, while two boats were also lost to the floods.