SHARING OPTIONS: Flooded farmland, houses and sheds as a result of the flooding around the turlough Lough Funshinagh near Rahara, Co Roscommon in 2020/2021. The Office of Public Works (OPW) is to supply an emergency overflow pipe from Lough Funshinagh in Co Roscommon to the River Shannon in order to relieve the current flooding in the area. Farmers and homeowners have been affected by the flooding of Lough Funshinagh, a turlough, since 2015. Minister of State for the Office of Public Works Patrick O’Donovan has now pledged his support for Roscommon County Council’s planned emergency intervention at Lough Funshinagh “to stop the immediate risk of flooding posed by the lake’s high water table to properties and public roads in and around the area,” the OPW said.