Councillor Fay said he won't "let it lie" until proper mental health services are in place.

It is against the law not to have a rubbish collection arrangement in place for your household.

To this day, neither Cllr Peter McVitty, Cavan County Council nor the many families desperately seeking respite care in Cavan, have received a response.

Basic investigations suggest the flooding is caused by an old stone culvert which may have broken during earlier improvement works.

The members were responding to a proposal made by Councillor Áine Smith, who is also a schoolteacher, to adopt what she called the "Greystones model".

Cllr Smith had served the people of Cavan for 44 years.