KILDARE FLOOD RISK: Water levels in Liffey should be permanently watched to minimise flooding in Kildare

Monitoring stations should be opened along the River Liffey to gather information that might prevent flooding.

Six local councillors - Pádraig McEvoy, Angela Feeney, Rob Power, Peggy O'Dwyer, Chris Pender and Carmel Kelly - want Kildare County Council to link up with other organisations and groups to do this.

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They want electronic water level monitoring stations to be installed “at key locations including Clane and Newbridge.” 

They say these are needed because of the “increased complexity of managing flood risk linked to climate change in the ESB-controlled (waterway)."

They argue this would improve "understanding of hydrological response and support climate adaptation and flood preparedness.”

The councillors also want the information from the stations to be publicly available online through the Office of Public Works.