Posted on April 12, 2016
By Wayne O'Connor, News Irish News
Thousands of tonnes of materials have been ordered by the Government to address flood issues in the Shannon region – despite there being no new plan to handle the problem.
Locals on the banks of the country’s largest river have been calling for urgent works to be carried out to prevent a recurrence of last winter’s devastating floods.
Now, the OPW has ordered more than 1,000 tonnes of rock and stone to maintain embankments along the Shannon.
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