Coastal communities in Cork, Waterford and Limerick at risk from rising sea levels, TD warns

Ireland sleepwalking into a rising sea levels catastrophe without comprehensive planning, Cork East TD David Stanton, says

Flooding in Bantry, Co Cork, during Storm Agnes last week. Picture: Andy Gibson

Some of Ireland's most vulnerable coastal communities such as in Cork, Waterford, and Limerick are like "the proverbial frog in the pot" when it comes to sea levels rising, a TD has said.

After the Galway village of Kinvara was suddenly flooded over the weekend following a high tide, some environmental scientists and campaigners have questioned whether sea levels rising was culpable.