Flooded families may be paid to relocate

Families living in isolated flood-prone areas will be paid to relocate under proposals being considered by the Government.

It comes as figures compiled by the Irish Examiner reveal that the costs related to Storm Desmond have totalled more than €130m.

The Department of Environment paid out more than €17.7m in clean-up costs in the wake of the storms which included €1.8m in Cork county and €3m to Galway county.