Kerry man has to use industrial pumps to keep flood water away from his home

'Our next problem is we have the high tide around 8pm tonight,' says George Sugrue who is battling the deluge outside Tralee

George Sugrue knee-deep in water outside his family home just off the main Castlemaine road on the outskirts of Tralee, Co Kerry. Picture: Domnick Walsh

George Sugrue woke in his home at 3am this morning, Thursday, to an all-too-frequent sight. 

The fields surrounding his home just off Castlemaine Road on the outskirts of Tralee had flooded from a nearby stream. The retired Bus Éireann driver readied two water pumps and got to work.