D Monday, November 30, 2009 METRO Over 55,000 people have already come back. They came back for great service and the widest range of great value packages, like our new fixed price bundle. Call us today and find out why you should switch. Were always there to help. 1800 431 432 or eircom.net/switch Subject to availability. Terms and Conditions apply. 56,265 residential and business accounts have switched back from 01.09.08 to 31.08.09. High Liffey spells new flood fearsTHE east of the country was on flood alert last night after heavy rainfall caused water in the River Liffey to rise to dangerous levels. Some roads in the Lucan area were impassable after the river burst its banks at the Strawberry Beds. AA Roadwatch said there was also flood- ing between College Road and the Castleknock Country Club. Diversions were also in place on roads in Lusk, Kilternan, Malahide, Kilshane and around Chapelizod. Dublin City Council said there have been no reports of flooding in the city. We are monitoring the situation and have people on standby ready to respond including the civil defence, engineers, drainage people and the fire brigade, said a spokesman. The ESB and Kildare County Coun- cil warned residents along the river to be on standby as water had to be re- leased from a dam at Leixlip. A nursing home in Clane and a housing development in Sallins were evacuated while sandbags were being delivered by the army, local authori- ties, civil defence and fire service. Other areas at risk included Bally- more Eustace, Kilcullen, Newbridge and Celbridge. An ESB spokesman said large vol- umes of water were also entering the catchment area from tributaries that drain on to the Liffey. Elsewhere, flooding in counties Galway and Offaly, which have been underwater for almost two weeks now, remains a serious concern. Meanwhile, the Government has an- nounced further financial assistance will be made to flood victims on top of the 12million previously pledged. The Irish Red Cross and the St Vin- cent de Paul Society have also set up special funds for financial donations. MEPs Pat the Cope Gallagher, Marian Harkin and Jim Higgins said they were confident a Government ap- plication for flood-relief funding will be favourably considered in Brussels. BY con dohertY offering comfort: Police officers hug outside the coffee shop Picture: Reuters Four officers ambushed in coffee shop attack FOUR police officers were shot and killed yesterday in what authorities called a targeted ambush at a coffee house in Washington state in the US. Two gunmen burst into the Forza Coffee Company and shot the four uniformed officers as they were working on their laptop computers, then fled the scene. Investigators believe the officers were targeted and that it was not a robbery. The officers were sitting in the coffee shop before the start of their shifts, reading on their computers, when the shooting occurred, said Ed Troyer, a spokesman for the sheriffs office. The shooting was a targeted, selected ambush, he said. Police are searching for two suspects in the attack at the coffee shop, which is located near McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma, south of Seattle. Two employees and other customers inside the diner were unharmed. The officers, three males and a female, were wearing vests and had marked patrol cars parked outside. Police are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html