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200,000 properties at risk because of deteriorating flood defences, say MPs

Deteriorating flood defences are putting more than 200,000 properties at increased risk of inundation, with MPs criticising the Government for failing to adequately fund the Environment Agency. The agency has failed to meet its target of maintaining ...

17 Jan 2024 at 00:01

Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon Flood Relief Scheme moves forward with planning in 2025

The long-awaited flood relief scheme for Carrick-on-Shannon is set to go to planning after mid-2025, almost 16 years following the severe flooding of 2009. The scheme will address both flood risks in Cortober and Carrick-on-Shannon; areas that ...

19 Dec 2024 at 17:33

Carrick-on-Shannon

Public consultation to be held on flood defences in Leitrim this November

A public consultation will take place on November 7 to go through preferred options of flood defences in Carrick-on-Shannon. Cllr Cormac Flynn urged Leitrim County Council to accelerate the planning process during the Carrick-on-Shannon ...

15 Oct 2024 at 11:33

£2.6bn funding for flood defences over next two years as climate threat grows

The Government has announced a “record” £2.65 billion to build and maintain flood defences over the next two years to protect thousands of homes. The Environment Department (Defra) said the two-year investment package would see 52,000 ...

04 Feb 2025 at 22:30

Flood defence funding pledge for deprived communities in new Government approach

Deprived communities are set to see guaranteed funding for flood defences as part of reforms to better protect the country from the risk of flooding. The Government said it was updating the rules on allocating flood defence funding ...

14 Oct 2025 at 00:01

Local News

Public consultation opens for Flood Relief Scheme in Leitrim

A public consultation on the Dromahair Flood Defence works is underway from March 10 until Friday, April 25. Leitrim County Council is seeking approval from An Bord Pleanála for a Flood Relief Scheme in three townlands in ...

13 Mar 2025 at 13:33

Carrick-on-Shannon

Call for lowering level of River Shannon gains support at Leitrim County Council

It has been 15 years since the major flood events in Carrick-on-Shannon and the long-awaited flood relief scheme is finally expected to enter the planning stage by mid-year. Cllr Des Guckian has repeatedly proposed ...

19 Jan 2025 at 13:33

Ireland

Micheal Martin says Government cannot ‘wave a magic wand’ on flood schemes

The Government cannot “wave a magic wand and just deliver” flood relief schemes, Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said, as he visited affected homes and businesses in County Wexford. Mr Martin met residents of Island ...

02 Feb 2026 at 16:17

Ireland

Government and opposition clash over Ireland’s flood defences

The Government and opposition have clashed over the progress made on Ireland’s flood defences as weather warnings continue. During Leaders’ Questions, Sinn Fein deputy leader Pearse Doherty said families were ...

05 Feb 2026 at 13:11

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