Farmers To Protest Over Flooding Of Shannon

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5,000 bales of hay and silage have been lost due to flooding.

Farmers in the midlands are due to protest tomorrow, due to flooding along the Shannon.

The Save Our Shannon group is organising the campaign, and is calling for one authority to be responsible for the management of the river.

Protestors will block the bridge crossing the Shannon in Banagher tomorrow morning at 11am.

It comes as around 5,000 bales of hay and silage have been lost due to flooding, following the wettest July on record.

Deputy News Editor with the Irish Farmers Journal, Barry Murphy, outlines what farmers are saying:

Read More: Wet July Causing Headaches For Farmers

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