Roscommon County Council was forced to halt works on an underground pipeline designed to drain excess water from the lake at the end of Summer.

The meeting is expected to offer a significant update to families hit hard by rising flood waters.

The contractor has been asked to address the issue immediately.

Applications have been made by Leitrim County Council to carry out repair works on Ballinaglera bridges following flash flooding.

The flooding at Lough Funshinagh has been a serious issue for the past few years but councillor Louise Heavin says the Roscommon authority shouldn't have attempted to resolve the issue in the manner they did

Subway stations were engulfed with water and roads have turned into rivers.

The people of Rahara now don't know what can be done to save their area from rising floodwaters.

The Council admitted yesterday that it could not continue with works to alleviate flooding in south Roscommon.