Clare couple condemn 'thugs' who turned hose at flood-risk homes

The allegedly deliberate flooding of part of a housing estate which was already under threat of being flooded, was an act of ”mindless thuggery”, according to a couple living in Shannon Banks, Co Clare.

Brid and Denis Murphy, whose home lies adjacent to the in-flood River Shannon, criticised those who allegedly lifted up a hose pipe that had been feeding the river from overwhelmed drains in the estate, and pointed it towards local houses, after carrying it over an embankment.