Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

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I know the River Flesk well. I swam in it many's the day. It is a beautiful river. We need to protect the rivers in Killarney. However, the best approach is not to build anything on the historical flood plains as we have done, which was an incredible mistake; rather, it is to let the natural river systems work. If we think we can beat nature by culverting every river or that it is about dredging every river, we will see a stronger flow and end up with what happened in County Donegal where there was an intense downpour. Rivers will become faster and faster and we will end up not being able to control them. The better way to manage rivers is to let them spread in places.

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