Flooding Problems in Clare are continuing to take their toll on local roads, housing esates and now health care facilities.
The HSE has announced that 28 patients are being evacuated from Cappahard Lodge in Ennis because of flooding in the unit’s sewerage system.
The Cappahard Lodge long stay community psychiatric residence on the Tulla Road is without sanitation since half past one today due to flooding problems
Alternative accommodation has been sourced and the 28 residents will be relocated over the coming hours – possibly at Ennis General Hospital.
A HSE spokesperson told Clare FM : that all patients are safe and well. The flooding is localised in the area and the building itself has not been flooded but as the sewerage system may be unusable for the next 24 or 48 hours so other arrangements have to be made for patients".
