Clare County Council has received confirmation from the ESB that discharge levels at Parteen Weir are being reduced from 405 cumecs to 370 cumecs today.
The council said that water levels along the Lower River Shannon at Springfield, Clonlara, are now 300mm (1 foot) lower than they were at their peak on Saturday night.
A native of Ennis, Colin McGann has been editor of The Clare Champion since August 2020. Former editor of The Clare People, he is a journalism and communications graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology.