Flood preparations ahead of storm season - Bairbre Holmes Reports

Flood preparations ahead of storm season - Bairbre Holmes Reports

Author: Newstalk September 14, 2026 Duration: 7:47

Last winter, five named storms hit Ireland. They included Storm Chandra, which caused widespread floods across the Southeast in January.

Not only was Enniscorthy one of the towns hit hardest, it was the 16th time the Wexford town experienced flooding in the last 25 years…

Newstalk Reporter Bairbre Holmes visited to hear what happened after the floodwater receded, and how the town is preparing for the coming storm season…


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