MEP and Green leader to inspect Athlone floods

MEP Marian Harkin and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan are to pay a visit to flood-damaged areas of Athlone on Monday.

The duo are in the town for a meeting on windfarm in Mount Temple later that night and have been invited to inspect the floods by independent local election candidate John McNamara.

McNamara said he would be highlighting his appeal for immediate action from the ESB and county and town councils to reduce the flooding of the Shannon catchment.

He has said that Athlone has 'dodged a bullet' this year regarding flooding, and that it was only a matter of time before its luck would run out.