Kerry council seeks funding for Flesk flooding

Kerry County Council is seeking funding to prevent flooding along a stretch of the Flesk river, on the main N22, near Killarney. Twenty houses have been cut off by annual flooding in recent years.

For the first time, the council is seeking major funding to clear 6kms of the river banks, running from Loo Bridge into the village.

Residents have persistently called for vegetation along the river banks to be cleared and have rejected proposals from the National Transport Authority about raising the road.