Another rising tide - Are we to blame?

SO, the mighty Blackwater and many other rivers across the country have broken their banks and flooded farms, homes and businesses leaving bills amounting to millions in their devastating wake.

This is not the first time people living along the river have suffered and it is unlikely to be the last.

Aidan Weir, a senior engineer with Cork County Council, issued a stark warning: “There’s very little can be done once the Blackwater floods.” This offers cold comfort to those who are forced, again, to watch as their homes and businesses are subsumed by the flood.