Council to assess Galway islands damage in next few days
Galway Bay fm newsroom - Engineers from Galway County Council will travel to the Aran Islands and Inishbofin this week to assess the damage of the recent bad weather and begin repairs.
High winds and high tides combined with heavy rainfall have caused damage and flooding around the county.
The worst affected areas are along the coast and parts of south Galway as well as the islands.
Minor roads in the county remain closed in some areas as flooding remains.
The worst affected areas are from Roundstone to Ballyconneely and Renvyle and Cahermore and Kiltartan around Gort.
Council Council crews will travel to Inis Mór tomorrow to see the damage at Manistir and Kilmurvey aswell as Kilronan.
Michael Muldoon is a resident on Inis Mór.
He says the island has been badly hit again and urgent work is needed.
Council engineers will also travel to Inishbofin in the next few days to begin repair work on protection measures.
Simon Murray is manager on Inishbofin and says the island now has damage on every side.