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More than 10,000 homes and businesses at risk of flooding face a lengthy wait for protection measures — because defence efforts around the country have been blighted by planning delays, design issues, rows with land owners, and by Covid. Some of the schemes have been stalled for years with no sign of imminent progress.

The environmental journalist and commentator says multi-million flood barriers are not the answer – nature is.

Ministers contact insurance companies with ‘first message’ of urging them to help business owners impacted by Storm Babet

Overheard at the school gate on Friday as CyberSafeKids encouraged everyone to take a 24-hour break from the online world:

Insurance claims-handling business Leeson Group, which works with industry giants including Aviva and Allianz, has secured an investment from an investment group chaired by Eoin Goulding, founder of cyber-security group Integrity360.

Seen and heard: Insolvency rate hits highest level in five years, Hibergene Diagnostics collapse now under investigation and Storm Babet flood aid to be doubled

Weather Ireland: Heavy rainfall forecast for all of Munster, Kilkenny, Wexford and Galway on Sunday night

Two things stood out when the Irish Examiner visited Main Street yesterday — sandbags in every doorway and skips every few 100 feet

Weather Ireland: Heavy rainfall forecast for all of Munster, Kilkenny, Wexford and Galway on Sunday night

Weather Ireland: Heavy rainfall forecast for all of Munster, Kilkenny, Wexford and Galway on Sunday night