Work has begun excavating thousands of tonnes of soil from a huge natural turlough in Co Roscommon to protect the homes of dozens of families which are flooded almost yearly. | Read more:
The Office of Public Works and Roscommon County Council have now started work on the excavation of thousands of tonnes of soil for the installation of a new 3km-long 'over-flow' pipeline, linking Lough Funshinagh and the River Shannon.
Padraig Beatty and his mother Mary are still living in a house protected from the present flooding by thousands of sand bags, and spoke today of their joy in seeing the construction begin on the new pipeline. "It's only a pity it didn't happen earlier - when my neighbours could have stayed in their home" Mary said, "but we are delighted that the work is under way and hope others can get the same help."
He said the midlands had never ever seen an engineering project of this scale and no cost had yet been put on it, but that OPW staff had been brought from all over the west and the south of Ireland to complete the dig.
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