Farmers and residents in East Roscommon say they’re living in fear — not of storms, but of water creeping in to their homes and livelihoods.
Minister of State for the OPW, Kevin Boxer Moran met with local property owners and farmers following growing fears over flooding linked to bog rewetting projects.
At a meeting in Ballyleague on Friday morning, a number of people warned that rising water levels are threatening valuable farmland and property in the Mountdillon area.
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Bord na Móna insists its rewetting works are not to blame, citing recent heavy rainfall as the main cause of flooding.
Our reporter Ronan Flanagan went along to the meeting and sent us this report:
