Funding awarded for flood relief project near Gort

Galway Bay fm newsroom:

Funding has been awarded for a flood relief project in the townland of Rinerush near Gort.

The area experienced significant flooding during the floods of 2016 - with many homes and farms left isolated for several weeks.

€75 thousand has now been allocated towards the construction of a new emergency relief road to ensure a repeat is avoided in future.

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