{"id":284037,"date":"2026-02-06T14:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/284037\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:52:09","slug":"ireland-in-the-storms-flood-barriers-wont-save-us-if-we-keep-draining-the-land-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/284037\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won&#039;t save us if we keep draining the land &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNT2FNMFZmNEVZVTZuZ3BSejd0enduTk5ZM3BXNW1aSlIwb25yejUyREhqY0RzQldyX1pfYjVXMXczaDBCLU9VZ2ZReU9wZVFfMTRuWE5rWkYwejVoNkxkSTlOeFdIa2hBSG5kWk9XdEVOUXh2V3p4NWgydVlWdUxGYW54NGZGZ2NMdTJHekJ4VQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won&#8217;t save us if we keep draining the land<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxNLTdhV2J2OXR6eUZxYzNnYlRYcG5VT0dFQTJUdUswNTBZSWpvODVQN1c4aFdlbEs3elh6UGV6cWtJZDlkNG4zWldiaS1jV2NrV3doRFhVd25mSzlGU3cxcFRrSVdHUEhwamZ1VTYwR3lZQ2xaZXRJM2NZNkhZeVBlMmJvRlZDMTdkcFNSRGE3RFJka3I4UkQ0ZmJKVnptZWdtZGI0NE9iTU5hOXFRcGRQTGVSVnJ3M0phWVNoMw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sadhbh O&#8217;Neill: Should Ireland introduce a legal &#8216;duty of care&#8217; for rainwater?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxQb1ZGMVlzSFRaYkdHZGRuOEdWUFk4TkhlWjNpMkhnQXZRQXZCeEFhODU4VUdNcG55akxkV3I4OWdGSWhOR1pSZXJmOWRZQnBXbW54aE5GZVMyVGJ4ejVOc014QWVZd2ZCQ2NfeWJ6SWloSk80UW5RSUpfMmgtRGFJbmEzazBmak9rVjlQRHNtMWpHeVlYb3lncG44SHdaeGlSY0hBektobnNRTVREeTBR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What&#8217;s required for local areas in Ireland to predict and anticipate floods?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTE9qamtIclNzcTZweTNvbEFxNTJrZ0RIWnlOOVBTQnRtaDZXUzk0eGs4MWVtQk9JdGhFaDlpLXBZT0lPNXplb20wUHI2YU5iRVdpUmtCemNHXzFVMGdEaTBsN2JfVV9GRndNaURTYllMQWpSSHlkRmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why are Irish communities seeing more flooding and several &#8216;one-in-100-year&#8217; floods?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxQZEUwZnFaNUJFNWhySkNJZGkxV0VuSDFxLW5VTldyc3ZZYTlYSmE1UHlNaHE3MlljNU9yZG9pY2IyTU9scnh3NHVNSjNDaVF1LURiekpjWnowMVU1Z25fY0g4eEpGSmVBeXd0dFYzVFk1T0hpQjFBVnRWaGlUR0xhX3AtcHNjSkx3b3poTHB0V1ZkT2JEa1dRU0c5cm94dFRkdk0zVXdrRllEZm92MVd6STM3V21mUjZIeGgyUG4zYU1GeDB6UnFzZm45QU5mV2M1VThZaFE3dFdEMlVBcG5YZ053QkwxTWdXdzJiSjBQWGp4SEpHR2kzTUVybjY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Acknowledging climate change is vital part of addressing problems like flooding<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won&#8217;t save us if we keep draining the land&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalSadhbh O&#8217;Neill: Should&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3229,2885,33557,132007,136844,42959,42,136845,136846,43,387,136847,131111,40,38,41,39,3187],"class_list":["post-284037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-climate","tag-climate-change","tag-column","tag-enniscorthy","tag-flood-defences","tag-flooding","tag-headlines","tag-nature-based-solution","tag-nature-pushes-back","tag-news","tag-opinion","tag-plan-for-flooded-future","tag-storm-chandra","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-voices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}