Dublin floods

Floods cause travel difficulties

Areas of Dublin have recently experienced adverse weather. Terrential rain fell last Monday and early Tuesday morning leading to some of the worst floods in recent years. MET Éireann, Ireland's weather service said that "a months rain fell in a matter of 24 hours" 


Many people woke up to find water in their homes. One resident in Tallaght said, "I've never seen anything like this in the last day in 38 years. I'm living in Tallaght 43 years and I've never seen anything as bad as this." 


Roads have been closed, public transport has been halted, shops and business's have been submerged in water.


The floods have taken the lives of two people. A local Garda aged 25 and a young Filipino woman living in Dublin.


As the floods begin to recede the cost of the damage is estimated to be around 100s of millions of euro.