A 10-year €1 billion flood risk management plan, unveiled by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Thursday, will involve 118 individual flood relief schemes throughout the country.
The plan was developed following a review of 300 flood-prone sites, part of the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme (CFRAM) study, which began in 2012.
Speaking at the launch in Athlone, Mr Varadkar acknowledged the “devastating impact” that flooding has had in Ireland. “I have seen first hand the…
