Louth in 'Firing Line' of Governments 'Tardiness' on Flood Defences - 26/02/2026

Labour TD Ged Nash has warned that Louth is "in the firing line" of delayed installation of flood defences. The Louth TD told the Dáil that rainfall events that were once one-in-a-century, are now becoming much more frequent. He warned that there is "huge strain on already stressed infrastructure, road networks and flood defences". "The severity of the storms and the impacts we are experiencing are going to become ever more complicated and we need to do more to adapt, mitigate and manage," he said. Deputy Nash said that dozens of "critical" flood defence projects have been "in the system for almost a decade", and he joined us in-studio on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.We also discussed the protests that took place all across the country yesterday after the Government U-turn on SNA cuts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.