ESB increases flow from dam in Cork; Govt fund sees 150 applications to emergency fund

LATEST: The ESB has said that flows from Inniscarra Dam will increase to 165 cumecs (cubic metres per second) today.

Update 3.20pm: The ESB has said that flows from Inniscarra Dam will increase to 165 cumecs (cubic metres per second) today.

There was heavy rain overnight and inflows into the Lee Dam reservoirs at Inniscarra and Carrigadrohid have increased.