Calls for compensation for farmers affected by Lough Funshinagh flooding

There are calls for around 40 farmers to be compensated for flooding around Lough Funshinagh.

Independent Councillor Tony Ward will make the proposal at today's Roscommon County Council meeting.

It comes as the government considers both temporary and permanent solutions to the ongoing crisis in south Roscommon.

Councillor Ward is also calling for financial help for the landowners whose farms have been flooded over the past nine years.