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Dublin taking water from the Shannon ?

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    #32
    chillin117
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 736 ✭✭✭chillin117


    Chavways wrote: »
    What about tilting the country so it drains faster?
    Do you mean Hammer in a big wedge just north of Derry ?


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    Chavways
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    chillin117 wrote: »
    Do you mean Hammer in a big wedge just north of Derry ?

    Exactly!


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    chillin117
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 736 ✭✭✭chillin117


    Chavways wrote: »
    Exactly!
    Brilliant ! We have a messiah in our midst :)


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    JCX BXC
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    How about we put the wedge in the west around Galway and give Dublin all the water it needs?


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    #36
    Nabber
    Registered Users Posts: 2,855 ✭✭✭Nabber


    Don't farm on flood plains, the most fertile lands in the country!!!! Good luck

    Why houses on the flood plains are not forced to be 20-30ft above water level or at least 1ft above worst floods on record, in Limerick city and any large towns not so easy. But seeing flooded rural houses next to the river at same height as the river bank??

    Seems like most logical solution???

    I'm no structural enginner tho :)


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    Irish Steve
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    The theory is good, the reality is that the planners don't give a damn, and care less, we had "planners" from the local authority here at a meeting earlier this year, and they openly said that "we are the planning department, but we're not responsible or accountable for anything that goes wrong".

    Between the pension for life even when they don't perform, and total lack of accountability or responsibility, the whole "planning" system in this country is broken, flawed, and no longer fit for purpose. Add to that the complete lack of inspection and checking that what's been approved is actually built, it's no wonder we have regular revelations of failings that are putting people's lives at risk, and glaring examples of total incompetence.

    In 2002 the inspector of An Bord Pleanala recommended refusal of permission for an application near us, and one of the grounds was because of inadequate flood prevention. The board gave permission, and the local authority let it go ahead. Last November, 3 houses were actually flooded, and another 50 or so came within the limit that is regarded as "flooded" by OPW, even though water didn't get into the houses.

    While we have this level of incompetence, mixed with the still prevalent brown envelope culture that transcends all other controls, the only thing that will result is a massive increase in the number of houses and businesses that are regularly and destructively flooded.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



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