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WATCH: FIVE YEARS AGO: The devastating 2017 Mountmellick flood

On this day five years ago, Mountmellick witnessed the worst flood in local living memory, when almost 100 homes and businesses flooded and the Main Street shut down. Read below our story written on that day, including interviews with flood victims. ...

22 Nov 2022 at 14:22

Mountmellick

A lot done more to do - more river clearance needed to protect Laois town

River clearance work is needed upstream of Mountmellick to protect the town from flooding, according to Laois councillors one of whom said grass is growing in the river. While Laois County Council insists that more clearance work will be carried ...

28 Sept 2021 at 14:23

Local News

Laois Councillors express anger over flood mitigation delays

Laois Councillor Conor Bergin has asked Laois County Council for an update and timeline for flood mitigation works due to be carried out on Shannon St. in Mountrath. At the latest Borris in Ossory/ Mountmellick Municipal District meeting, Cllr ...

16 Jul 2021 at 12:57

Local News

Laois road 'choco block' with floods no help to young drivers

Work is needed to end ‘impassable’ flooding on a Laois road which has made driving difficult for drivers especially young people trying to navigate through the water. So said, Cllr Conor Bergin, Fine Gael, when he met with council officials ...

31 Oct 2023 at 08:52

Local News

Costly fix for Laois houses hit by floods with climate change blamed as a factor

Householders in the Borris-in-Ossory area could be getting a solution to a flooding problem linked to climate change but it is not going to be cheap to fix the problem. Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, ...

19 May 2023 at 21:23

Local News

Dangerous road restricts access to water supply when 'submerged' by floods

A major road safety flooding issue has emerged in Ballyfin which also threatens to restrict access to a water supply reservoir, Laois County Council has been warned. Cllr James Kelly issued the alert to council officials at the ...

25 Mar 2021 at 19:17

Local News

No quick fix for dangerous Laois road flooding

A bad road flooding problem in Ballylinan will be ‘difficult to resolve’ admits a councilor who nevertheless wants action taken because of the danger to traffic. Cllr Padraig Fleming wants Laois County Council examine what ...

29 Jun 2021 at 13:47

Local News

WATCH: Mountmellick Flood one year ago today... video and images of that shocking day

A year ago today, on November 22 2017, Mountmellick in laois suffered its worst flood in living history. Water from the Owenass and smaller streams flooded over 100 houses and businesses around the town, on streets that ...

22 Nov 2018 at 12:27

Mountmellick

'Name and shame' agencies that stop cleaning of rivers demands councillor for flood hit Mountmellick

Name and shame the people and associations who were preventing the cleaning of rivers, insisted Cllr David Goodwin at a Borris-in-Ossory / Mountmellick Municipal District meeting. “We have a government - it’s not the ...

30 Apr 2018 at 18:37

Local News

Mountmellick flood Chanele Kavanagh is Laois Person of the Month for November 2017

Chanele Kavanagh from Mountmellick is the Leinster Express/Midlands Park Hotel/Gerry Browne Jewellers Person of the Month for November. Chanele was chosen as a representative of all the volunteer work that has gone ...

28 Dec 2017 at 07:00

Local News

Status Yellow rainfall causes floods across Laois with freezing temperatures to follow

The heavy rainfall that was forecasted by Met Eireann has hit Laois hard overnight, with surface floods on many roads causing difficulty for morning commuters. Laois Fire & Rescue Service are attending flooded ...

22 Nov 2017 at 10:35

Local News

Flooding forces closure of Laois schools on health and safety grounds

A sewerage overflow, caused by heavy rain and flooding, has forced the closure of two national schools in Mountmellick on health and safety grounds. The managements of St Patrick's Boys National School and St ...

22 Nov 2017 at 12:41

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