Ways to combat future flooding are being examined by thousands of engineers.

A flooding forum is taking place tomorrow as part of Engineers Week 2016.

It will focus on the role advanced engineering can play in finding solutions to the on-going threat.

Dee Keogh, CPD Director with Engineers Ireland has said the threat from flooding is not going away: “It’s become a huge issue for Ireland,

“We will be discussing what can be done to alleviate the situation and remedy it.”