Leitrim farmlands deluged after massive mudslide

Engineers from Leitrim County Council are monitoring the impact of significant mudslides near Drumkeeran, which were caused by heavy rain over the weekend.

Tonnes of peat slid down the Shass Mountain above the Dawn of Hope Bridge, which has been covered and damaged. Drumkeeran IFA chairman Tommy Drugan said there are about a dozen farmers affected and the big concern now is that if there is more rain, more peat will slide down from the top of the mountain.

Leitrim County Council Senior Engineer Terence McGovern said it appears that during the recent good weather the bog on the mountain dried out, leaving cracks or fissures, which filled with water during torrential rain at the weekend and the bog started to move on Sunday evening. Fallout from recent heavy rain! Drumkieran IFA Chair Tommy Drugan brought Leitrim Co Chair Des McHugh and myself up to the "Dawn of Hope Bridge". Downstream dwellers and farmers will have some clean-up when this settles. @IFAmedia @LeitrimLive @TimCullinan_IFA @PatMurp87363400 pic.twitter.com/PYkOa58nNu

— John O Hanlon June 30, 2020 Sinn Féin councillor Padraig Fallon complimented Leitrim County Council staff who have been on site since the start of the incident, but said intervention is needed from the Government, including a hardship fund for the farmers affected.

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