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| Thursday, 21 August 2008 | |
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Linda’s neighbour Susan Dowdall said the raw sewage created a health and safety risk for all residents. “We had to pick up used sanitary towels, nappies and other waste from our garden,” she told Northside People. “The gardens and streets were washed down afterwards, but should disinfectant not be used? Is it safe to let our children play in the garden now?” Fellow Whiteacre Place resident, Marion Donnelly, claimed the city council and Ballymun Regeneration Limited (BRL) should have prepared better for the floods. “After the very big flood on the Saturday night (August 10), we were given two sandbags each in case it happened again,” she explained. “Sure what good would that do?” She added: “It’s an absolute disgrace to see our new houses gutted like this.” Another local, Nicola Heffernan, was treated in hospital after the recent flood. “I got loads of bites from whatever was in the water and my legs completely swelled up,” she said. “I had to go to hospital and was put on medication to get rid of the infections from the bites.” According to Nicola, residents have been left in the dark about what damage they will be covered for. “The council are saying it’s not their fault,” she claimed. “A welfare officer came out to us last week to assess the damage but we don’t really know what the council is willing to reimburse us for. “We are struggling to cope financially as it is. My family and I still have to sit on a damp suite of furniture.” A spokesperson for BRL commented on the heavy flooding in the Ballymun area. “The events of last weekend (August 10/11) represented extreme, unpredicted and unprecedented weather, characterised by heavy monsoon-like rainfall,” it was stated. “As a result, several areas of the city experienced flooding, including the Shanliss Grove/Drive water main that experienced high pressure flow from torrential rainfall which lifted a manhole cover to the north of Whiteacre Place, discharging onto the road and some houses.” |
NORTHSIDE residents were left literally picking up the pieces when a stream of raw sewage flooded through their new homes in Ballymun last week.
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