Resident of flood-hit Cork village tells committee they 'live in fear every time it rains'

Vivienne Jeffers from Mogeely also called on councils and developers to 'stop building on flood plains'

Vivienne Jeffers was close to tears as she said: 'We lost our children's baby photographs, the door frame where I marked their growing heights, the sense of safety that makes the house a home.' Picture: Neil Michael

A resident of a village regularly hit by floods was close to tears in the Oireachtas as she pleaded for urgent action to defend communities against flooding.

TDs also heard her call for developers to “stop building on flood plains” and for the Government to give Cork County Council cash it had promised but failed to provide.