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Shannon flooding action?

macraignil · 2016-12-15 18:34:05

I'm not living near the Shannon but flooding there has been a major problem for a number of years. I can see some stories of local councils doing some work to provide limited protection measures in their local area. The problem of flooding of the river is a far bigger issue than local councils can solve individually but…

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#32 19-05-2017 03:35PM

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recedite wrote: »

Forest fires as well. Just shows that even in the whest the ground must be bone dry, and we're only at the start of the summer.

The politicians still seeing water as a limitless commodity though. Like Nero, playing the fiddle. Until the capital city actually runs dry, and then they will run around like headless chickens.

The weather has always been fairly unpredictable in Ireland, but some years July turns out to be our wettest month. I think in Cork we nearly get a mini monsoon season instead of a summer most years. It's only mismanagement that will lead to water shortages here in my opinion.

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#33 20-05-2017 11:11AM

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Been wet this past week alright, but my (virtual) money is still on a drought later in the summer.
You could say that supplying free treated water to people is a form of mismanagement, by definition. The EU are certainly saying it.

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