Rural Life
Native Irish names included in list of new storms
Met Éireann, along with the National Weather Services of the UK Met Office and the Netherlands national weather service station,...
Storms
Environment
Scientists: Ireland and UK face 'a wetter, damper and mouldier future'
Devastating flooding in Ireland and the UK between October 2023 and March 2024 was caused by “human-induced climate change” an...
Environment
2023 was second warmest year on record for Europe - report
2023 was the second-warmest year on record for Europe, at 1.02–1.12°C above average, according to a new report. The European...
Rural Life
Winter is 11th season with above average temperatures - Met Éireann
The winter of 2023/2024 was the eleventh consecutive season with above average temperatures, according to Met Éireann’s weather provisional statement....
Rural Life
Agnes, Fergus and Kathleen among new storm names
Met Éireann, along with the UK Met Office and the Netherlands national weather service, has released the list of new...
Environment
Farmers must now 'build resilience' to extreme weather events
It has been stressed that farmers need to “build resilience” into their farming systems if extreme weather events are to...
CAP / Schemes
€1,700/hectare available to land owners who had forests damaged due to storms
Land owners whose plantations were damaged by storm force winds that occurred between December 5, 2013 and February 12, 2014 will...