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Prepare the CFRAMS (Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management) mapping deliverables from the Office of Public Works (OPW) for Kildare County Council for consumption by Local Authority staff on their native GIS.

Flooding across Ireland causes substantial damage to property, infrastructure and the environment each year, and has significant economic and social impacts upon all those communities affected. Heavy rain in late August this year saw flash flooding across parts of counties Donegal, Derry and Tyrone causing economic and social difficulties for both rural and urban dwellers.

2017 has seen many wildfires rage across the Irish countryside, with a significant number of these receiving much media attention for the devastation they have caused to rural environments. A large number of these wildfires have occurred in upland areas in counties such as Wicklow, Galway, Kerry and Donegal.