Humanitarian aid for flood-hit victims to move home

The Government is set to pay for victims of the Christmas 2015 floods whose properties remain at risk of being badly damaged again to move homes under a once-off multi-million euro housing relocation scheme.

Junior minister for flood relief Sean Canney confirmed the move yesterday after a private cabinet row over its scope, saying the new system is designed to protect people who have effectively been abandoned by the insurance sector.

In the aftermath of the Christmas 2015 floods, thousands of people in the west of Ireland had their homes devastated by intense storms and rain which saw the Shannon, Lee and other rivers burst their banks.