Work underway on new flooding and erosion strategy

Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:00

Efforts are underway to make the Island more resilient to the social, environmental and economic effects of nature.

The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture is putting together a national strategy on sea defences, flooding and coastal erosion.

The plan focuses on how risk areas can be monitored and dealt with - it's to try and avoid the impact of people losing property or their livelihoods.

Minister Richard Ronan explains why it's so important:

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