Climate change: Fijian living in NI describes home 'lost' to sea

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A Fijian man who moved to NI says he wants to help save his new home from the impact of climate change.

Sireli McGoon has been living in Bangor for 30 years. He’s settled in Northern Ireland, a stalwart of the city’s rugby club.That has been thwarted.

“I’ve gone as far as buying tyres and placing them along the beach, and trying to tie them together," he said.“It would just smash everything that’s in its path and then we’ll be back to square one again.”has affected Northern Ireland too, as Donal Mullan, a Queen's University Belfast climatologist, explained.

Having analysed what went wrong in both places, chartered engineer Karen McShane said that in her view both places may require a potentially expensive engineering solution.

 

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