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Demonstration by farmers in the Shannon area.

Léirsiú ag feirmeoirí i gceantar na Sionainne.

Farmers are demonstrating in County Uighur to call attention to the rising water level in the river Shannon.

Tá léirsiú ag feirmeoirí i gContaeUíbh Fhailí ag iarraidh go dtarraingeofaí aird ar leibhéal an uisce in abhainn na Sionainne a bheith ag ardú.

Flooding causes problems in the farming area between Athlone and Port Omna.

Cothaíonn tuilte fadhbanna sa cheantar feirmeoireachta idir Áth Luain agus Port Omna.

Up to 200 farmers have gathered at Bangor Bridge.

Suas le 200 feirmeoir atá bailithe le chéile ag Droichead Bheannchair.

This protest is aimed at Irish Water, Irish Inland Water and other organisations.

Tá an agóid seo dírithe ar Uisce Éireann, ar Uiscí Intíre Éireann agus ar eagraíochtaí eile.

The farmers say that July this year in particular was extremely wet and thousands of hectares in that area have been flooded as a result.

Deir na feirmeoirí go raibh mí Iúil go speisialta i mbliana thar a bheith fliuch agus go bhfuil na mílte heictéar sa gceantar sin báite dá bharr.

This leaves them short of food for their animals and 'there is not as much grass or silage available due to so much of the land being under water' say the farmers.

Fágann sin gann iad ar bhia dá gcuid ainmhíthe agus 'níl an oiread céanna féir ná sadhlais ar fáil de bharr an oiread sin den talamh a bheith faoi uisce' a deir na feirmeoirí.

In a statement from the United Farmers of Ireland (IFA) organization, it says that 'so far there has been no sound action to solve this problem of flooding'.

I ráiteas ón eagraíocht Feirmeoirí Aontaithe na hÉireann (IFA), deir sé 'nach bhfuil aon ghníomh fónta ann go dtí seo le fadhb seo na dtuilte a réiteach'.

The President of the IFA, Tim Cullinan says that the Office of Public Works has been made aware of the problem but 'not enough has been done'.

Deir Uachtarán an IFA, Tim Cullinan gur cuireadh Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí ar an eolas faoin bhfadhb ach 'nach leor a bhfuil déanta'.

He says that a 'separate agency is now needed to manage the river Shannon together to ensure that it does not become a crisis again'.

Deir seisean go dteastaíonn 'áisíneacht ar leith anois le bainistiú a dhéanamh ar abhainn na Sionainne tré chéile lena chinntiú nach dtagann a léithid de ghéarchéim arís'.

The protest in Bangor

An agóid i mBeannachar