FRUSTRATED and frightened residents are being left marooned when flooding strikes in a densely populated area outside Killarney during heavy rain, it has been claimed.
Locals in Clonkeen and Glenflesk are put under huge pressure in bad weather conditions, particularly when the River Flesk swells and bursts its banks, Cllr Danny Healy-Rae has told Kerry County Council officials.
He said the residents of Foiladonn are the worst hit and he pleaded with officials to do something to help them.
Cllr Healy-Rae said the main N22 Kerry-Cork road is being cracked and undermined by constant flooding and it has now become a major health and safety issue.
“Is the N22 now safe at all?” he queried.
Cllr Healy-Rae has asked the local authority to clear the overgrown banks of the Flesk as happened in the 1970s when a major flooding emergency arose.
“The road out of Foiladonn needs to be raised at some end so residents can get out,” he insisted.
