Springfield residents can sleep soundly as flooding nightmare ends
*Gerardine and Joe Quinlivan. FLOODING nightmares are over in Clonlara with locals celebrating the completion of the €5.2m Springfield flood relief scheme.
*Gerardine and Joe Quinlivan. FLOODING nightmares are over in Clonlara with locals celebrating the completion of the €5.2m Springfield flood relief scheme.
Flood protection works have been given the go-ahead for Clonlara which has been described as a massive relief by local residents.
Flood relief plans for Springfield have been withdrawn following an environmental objection. Environmentalist, Peter Sweetman a son of former Fine Gael Minister for Finance, Gerard Sweetman and state agency National Parks and Wildlife filed objections against works in Clonlara. Their submissions come three years on from the forced evacuations of residents from their homes in …
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