Householders count cost of sudden flooding in Laois

Householders and businesses in a Midlands town are today counting the costs following the sudden floods that engulfed properties over Wednesday night.

The Defence Forces were yesterday deployed to Mountmellick, Co Laois, to assist with flood relief works after heavy rain caused the banks of rivers to burst, prompting the county council to evacuate 35 families from their homes. Those evacuated were accommodated in hotels overnight.

Declan Furlong, of The Hare’s Corner restaurant in the MDA Business Campus, said he has never seen flooding like it in Mountmellick.