Fears are growing for homes and farmland close to a Roscommon turlough as water levels have reached crisis point.
Levels at Lough Funshinagh gave risen steadily since the end of September last year.
Roscommon County Council has issued a statement this week raising concerns that current flood defense measures will soon be ineffective.
The local authority confirmed that hydro-ecological field studies were currently underway to identify a long-term solution but wouldn't be completed until later this year.
A successful High Court challenge taken by Friends of the Irish Environment means that effective flood relief works can not be completed at the turlough.
Speaking to Shannonside News, local resident and Independent councillor Laurence Fallon said water levels had exceeded a historic tipping point:
