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Combined approach required to tack Pettigo flooding issues

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Combined approach required to tack Pettigo flooding issues

It's hoped that a joint approach involving local authorities in Donegal and Fermanagh will be taken to tackle flooding issues in Pettigo.

 

The town was impacted by flood water during Storm Bert a few weeks ago.

 

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Outgoing Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works Kieran O'Donnell has given a commitment to pursue the matter further.

 

However, it remains what will be done on the other side of the border with a lot of the responsibility said to lie with Fermanagh.

 

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Fermanagh South Tyrone Councillor John Feely believes that a number of parties should come together to rectify the issue once and for all: