Lismore Castle lies at the heart of Ireland’s Blackwater Valley, both geographically and culturally. Credit...Karen Cox for The New York Times Supported by By Catriona Gray Less than an hour ...

More than 600 properties deemed unsafe following the devastating 2022 Lismore floods were purchased by the NSW Government via its Reconstruction Authority (RA) throughout 2023. Today, almost all ...

Lismore is an implausible character after the 2022 floods, a bipolar vortex of contradictions, a mess of extreme highs and crushing lows, attractions and repulsions that no one could have imagined.

Cautious optimism abounds in Lismore where hopes have grown that the northern NSW town has avoided a repeat of 2022’s flooding devastation, although the Premier, Chris Minns, warned the region ...