Row brews as insurers refuse cover despite new flood defences

Ministers are planning to haul in insurance companies in the New Year to complain about their refusal to insure households in areas with new flood defences.

A memorandum of understanding was signed last February with insurers so that they could get full access to information on the effectiveness of expensive flood protection projects in Dublin, Cork and other counties. The expectation was that this would increase the chances of households in flood-risk areas ...