A house in Kiltiernan, Co Dublin, home to Sarah Redmond and her family, has been gutted due to flooding caused by Storm Chandra. Sarah Redmond, whose home in Cookstown Lane, Kiltiernan in south county Dublin was flooded during Storm Chandra. Photograph: Sarah Burns“We couldn’t get out of the house, we couldn’t get the kids out,” says Redmond. “I think if you look at that whole area, we’re at the foothills of the mountains, water runs off the mountains. It’s fairly basic.”Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council said its planning authority did not comment on individual sites.

Source: The Irish Times January 28, 2026 20:34 UTC