# WeathÉire

> Weather news, views and forecasts from Ireland


## Posts

- [Ireland's path to cold in early February](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2026/01/26/irelands-path-to-cold-in-early-february/): As long as cold air remains firmly entrenched over the eastern half of the United States, the current weather pattern affecting Ireland is highly likely to persist.
- [Deep Cold - Will it or won't it happen?](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2026/01/14/deep-cold-will-it-or-wont-it-happen/): As is often the case in winter, long range weather models maroon Ireland in a meteorological no man’s land, sitting between a mobile and milder Atlantic pattern and colder, more settled conditions to our east. 
- [Mixed Weather Signals for Mid to Late January](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2026/01/07/mixed-weather-signals-for-mid-to-late-january/): From this weekend and through next week, Ireland and Britain will sit in a meteorological no man’s land between an energetic Atlantic to the west and deep cold over Scandinavia and north western Europe.
- [Cold snap triggers multiple weather warnings across Ireland](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2026/01/02/cold-snap-triggers-multiple-weather-warnings-across-ireland/): Met Éireann and the UK Met Office have issued a series of Status Yellow warnings as the first significant cold spell of the winter sets in.
- [Rainfall totals well below normal](https://weatheire.com/news/agriculture/2025/12/29/rainfall-totals-well-below-normal/): Rainfall has been well below normal across the country over the past week, with the southwest seeing only trace totals, according to Met Éireann’s latest farming commentary.
- [Arctic air to sweep south as New Year begins](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/12/29/arctic-air-to-sweep-south-as-new-year-begins/): Ireland is heading into a much colder spell as the New Year approaches, with frost and ice becoming more common and a growing chance of wintry showers as temperatures fall.
- [Fine weather to persist through Christmas](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/12/23/fine-weather-to-persist-through-christmas/): A dry and increasingly bright spell of weather lies ahead over the coming week.
- [On This Day (23 December) in Irish Weather History](https://weatheire.com/on-this-day/2025/12/23/on-this-day-23-december-in-irish-weather-history/): A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on 23 December throughout history.
- [UK could be set for hottest year on record](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/12/23/uk-could-be-set-for-hottest-year-on-record/): 2025 is on track to be one of the warmest on record in the United Kingdom, according to provisional data from the Met Office, potentially surpassing 2022 to become the hottest year ever recorded.
- [Government Pushes Ahead on Major Ballina Flood Relief Plan](https://weatheire.com/news/environment/2025/12/23/government-pushes-ahead-on-major-ballina-flood-relief-plan/):   Detailed design work on the €55 million Ballina Flood Relief Scheme is to begin, paving the way for the appointment of contractors in 2027.
- [High pressure set to cut rainfall as frost risk rises](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/12/23/high-pressure-set-to-cut-rainfall-as-frost-risk-rises/): Colder but drier weather is expected to bring some relief for farmers in the coming days, according to the latest farming forecast from Met Éireann.
- [Renewables supplied 41% of Ireland’s electricity in November](https://weatheire.com/news/energy/2025/12/14/renewables-supplied-41-of-irelands-electricity-in-november/): Provisional figures from EirGrid show that 41 per cent of electricity came from renewable sources last month, up from 34 per cent in November 2024.
- [Christmas week shaped by a festive high](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/12/14/christmas-week-shaped-by-a-festive-high/): High pressure is expected to take control of Ireland’s weather from around 23 December, according to the latest guidance from the ECMWF.
- [Rainfall Warnings in Place, Drier Everywhere for Start of Week](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/12/14/rainfall-warnings-in-place-drier-everywhere-for-start-of-week/): Met Éireann has upgraded its rainfall warnings for the southwest, with up to 30 millimetres expected in the next 24 hours and higher totals likely on upland areas in South Kerry and West Cork.
- [On This Day (14 December) in Irish Weather History](https://weatheire.com/on-this-day/2025/12/14/on-this-day-14-december-in-irish-weather-history/): History  A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on 14 December throughout history.
- [Irish researcher uncovers climate link to disappearance of ‘hobbit’](https://weatheire.com/news/science/2025/12/13/irish-researcher-uncovers-climate-link-to-disappearance-of-hobbit/): A Maynooth University scientist has played a key role in an international study that sheds new light on the fate of Homo floresiensis, the small‑bodied “hobbit” species that once lived on the Indonesian island of Flores.
- [€700,000 funding boost for Fota biodiversity programmes](https://weatheire.com/news/nature/2025/12/13/e700000-funding-boost-for-fota-biodiversity-programmes/): Minister for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity Christopher O’Sullivan TD has announced €700,000 in additional funding to support biodiversity conservation programmes at Fota Wildlife Park, in partnership with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).
- [Maynooth team to study star and planet formation](https://weatheire.com/news/space/2025/12/13/maynooth-team-to-study-star-and-planet-formation/): Irish researchers will use a newly launched space telescope to investigate how stars and planets form, opening a fresh chapter in Ireland’s role in international astronomy.
- [Belfast City Council venues to run on locally generated renewable energy](https://weatheire.com/news/energy/2025/12/13/belfast-city-council-venues-to-run-on-locally-generated-renewable-energy/): Belfast City Council has become the first organisation to sign up for electricity from the city’s newest wind farm, marking a major step towards its net zero ambitions. The contract with 3T Power will see City Hall, St George’s Market, Belfast Castle, Belfast Zoo, 2 Royal Avenue and more than 200 other council-owned buildings powered entirely by renewable energy for the first time. The electricity will come from the firm’s Ballyutoag wind farm in the Belfast Hills, transferred onto the Northern Ireland grid and supplied directly to council venues. Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Tracy Kelly, said the move showed […]
- [Only 9% of protected habitats show signs of recovery](https://weatheire.com/blog/2025/12/13/only-9-of-protected-habitats-show-signs-of-recovery/): Just nine per cent of Ireland’s EU‑protected habitats are showing signs of recovery, according to the latest Article 17 Report published by the Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan TD.
- [Rainfall totals set to triple seasonal average in places](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/12/13/rainfall-totals-set-to-triple-seasonal-average-in-places/): Another week of exceptionally wet conditions is ion the way, with Met Éireann forecasting rainfall totals up to three times the seasonal norm.
- [NHC publishes review of 2025 hurricane season](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/12/13/nhc-publishes-review-of-2025-hurricane-season/): The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which ended on November 30, was marked by sharp contrasts, swinging between quiet spells and bursts of intense activity that produced some of the strongest storms on record.
- [New forestry scheme announced for landowners hit by storms](https://weatheire.com/news/agriculture/2025/12/13/new-forestry-scheme-announced-for-landowners-hit-by-storms/): A new reconstitution scheme has been launched to support private forest owners whose plantations were damaged by Storms Darragh and Éowyn. Minister of State for Forestry, Farm Safety and Horticulture, Michael Healy-Rae TD, and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD, confirmed the scheme will provide grants to landowners for replanting with conifer or broadleaf species, or a mix of both. Satellite imagery assessments show that 26,050 hectares of forestry were damaged during the storms in the winter of 2024–2025, with almost 13,000 hectares in private ownership. Minister Healy-Rae said the scale of damage was unprecedented, with […]
- [OPW approves funding for Monkstown flood study](https://weatheire.com/news/environment/2025/12/13/opw-approves-funding-for-monkstown-flood-study/): The Office of Public Works has approved additional funding for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in Dublin to carry out a flood study in the Monkstown area.
- [Flood risk rises as Met Éireann issues warnings](https://weatheire.com/forecast/alert/2025/12/13/flood-risk-rises-as-met-eireann-issues-warnings/): Heavy rain and strong winds are expected to affect much of the western half of Ireland this weekend, with Met Éireann warning of flooding risks and difficult travel conditions.
- [Storm Bram in numbers](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/12/09/storm-bram-in-numbers/): Storm Bram was the second named storm of the 2025–26 season. 
- [Storm Bram: 30 counties under orange alert](https://weatheire.com/forecast/alert/2025/12/09/storm-bram-30-counties-under-orange-alert/): Winds of more than 130 km/h are possible in exposed coastal areas today as the second named storm of the season rapidly develops while tracking north over Ireland.
- [Heavy rain and gale warnings as second storm of season approaches](https://weatheire.com/forecast/alert/2025/12/08/heavy-rain-and-gale-warnings-as-second-storm-of-season-approaches/): Met Éireann has not ruled out issuing upgraded weather warnings for Storm Bram, the second named storm of the season.
- [Settlement clears way for Greater Dublin Drainage project](https://weatheire.com/news/environment/2025/12/08/settlement-clears-way-for-greater-dublin-drainage-project/): The Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation Jack Chambers has welcomed the announcement of a settlement in the judicial review of the Greater Dublin Drainage project.
- [Met Éireann issues multiple warnings as Storm Bram approaches](https://weatheire.com/forecast/alert/2025/12/08/met-eireann-issues-multiple-warnings-as-storm-bram-approaches/): Met Éireann has placed 11 counties under a Status Orange wind warning ahead of Storm Bram, which is expected to bring gusts of up to 120 km/h in parts of the west and south tomorrow. The second named storm of the 2025-26 season will bring very strong to gale force southerly winds, with the most severe gusts along the coast. Flooding of low-lying areas is possible, particularly at high tide. Waves may overtop sea defences, travel could be hazardous, debris may be displaced and outdoor events are likely to be affected. A Status Orange wind warning has been issued for […]
- [Deepening system may bring strong gales to Atlantic coasts on Tuesday](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/12/06/deepening-system-may-bring-strong-gales-to-atlantic-coasts-on-tuesday/): Forecast models remain divided on the likely impact of a developing weather system due on Tuesday morning.
- [Kerry records heaviest rainfall nationwide](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/12/06/kerry-records-heaviest-rainfall-nationwide/): Rainfall across much of the country was well above average last week, according to Met Éireann.
- [Heavy rain to hit Ulster with flooding risk](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/12/06/heavy-rain-to-hit-ulster-with-flooding-risk/): More than 15mm of rain is forecast to fall on already saturated ground in parts of Ulster on Sunday, leading to localised flooding.
- [Wind and rain warnings hit east and south](https://weatheire.com/forecast/alert/2025/12/05/wind-and-rain-warnings-hit-east-and-south/): Met Éireann has issued a series of Status Yellow warnings for Friday as strong winds and heavy rain affect parts of the country.
- [Ireland’s Ancient Oak Woodland Set for Major Expansion](https://weatheire.com/news/nature/2025/12/04/irelands-ancient-oak-woodland-set-for-major-expansion/): The Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve in County Wicklow has been expanded following the acquisition of over 100 acres of adjoining land by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
- [Yellow Gale Warnings Issued For All Irish Coastal Waters](https://weatheire.com/forecast/alert/2025/12/04/yellow-gale-warnings-issued-for-all-irish-coastal-waters/): Met Éireann has issued a series of yellow gale warnings for Ireland over the coming days, with strong winds expected to affect coastal areas.
- [On This Day (4 December) in Irish Weather History](https://weatheire.com/on-this-day/2025/12/04/on-this-day-4-december-in-irish-weather-history/): A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on 4 December  throughout history.
- [Storm Claudia drives fifth wettest November in 85 years](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/12/04/storm-claudia-drives-fifth-wettest-november-in-85-years/): November was the fifth wettest in 85 years of records for Ireland and another warmer than average month, according to Met Éireann’s latest Climate Statement. 
- [New Bluetongue Cases Confirmed in Northern Ireland Herd](https://weatheire.com/news/agriculture/2025/12/04/new-bluetongue-cases-confirmed-in-northern-ireland-herd/): Two new cases of bluetongue disease have been confirmed in a herd in Northern Ireland, with a further 44 suspected cases under investigation, Minister Andrew Muir MLA has said.
- [Northwest England Shaken by Earthquake](https://weatheire.com/news/geology/2025/12/04/northwest-england-shaken-by-earthquake/): People in northwest England took to social media on Wednesday night to report an earthquake, the second in the region in as many months.
- [On This Day (30 November) in Irish Weather History](https://weatheire.com/blog/2025/11/30/on-this-day-30-november-in-irish-weather-history/): A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on 30 November throughout history.
- [Tonn Nua offshore project to power nearly one million homes](https://weatheire.com/news/energy/2025/11/29/tonn-nua-offshore-project-to-power-nearly-one-million-homes/): Ireland’s offshore wind industry has received a significant boost with the provisional results of the State’s second offshore wind auction under the Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS).
- [Atlantic lows set to bring wet and windy start to winter](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/29/atlantic-lows-set-to-bring-wet-and-windy-start-to-winter/): Ireland is set for a damp and changeable start to December, according to Met Éireann’s extended forecast.
- [Astronomy Ireland to host lecture on smartphone astrophotography](https://weatheire.com/news/space/2025/11/29/astronomy-ireland-to-host-lecture-on-smartphone-astrophotography/): Astronomy Ireland will host a public lecture titled Astrophotography With Your Smartphone on Monday, December 8th at 7pm, presented live on Zoom. Tickets are priced between €5 and €10. The lecture will explore the wonders of the night sky and the art of astrophotography, with a particular focus on what can be achieved using smartphones. Attendees will learn how to capture images of the Moon, bright planets, aurora, night landscapes and even some deep-sky objects under dark skies, without the need for expensive equipment. The talk will also cover simple techniques, useful apps and basic accessories that enhance results. The […]
- [New volcanic ash forecasts aim to halve air travel disruption](https://weatheire.com/news/environment/2025/11/29/new-volcanic-ash-forecasts-aim-to-halve-air-travel-disruption/): Fifteen years after the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in Iceland closed large amounts of European airspace, a new forecasting service has been launched that could significantly reduce disruption in the event of a similar volcanic event.
- [Climate change made Storm Claudia rainfall 12% heavier, says Maynooth University](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/29/climate-change-made-storm-claudia-rainfall-12-heavier-says-maynooth-university/): A rapid attribution study has found that the heavy rainfall recorded in Dublin, Wexford and Wicklow during Storm Claudia earlier this month was made more intense and more likely by climate change.
- [Uisce Éireann to replace ageing water mains in Limerick City](https://weatheire.com/news/environment/2025/11/29/uisce-eireann-to-replace-ageing-water-mains-in-limerick-city/): Uisce Éireann will begin works next week to strengthen the water network supplying parts of Limerick City by replacing more than 1.1 kilometres of ageing cast iron backyard water mains.
- [Funding approved for flood mitigation works in Ballingeary](https://weatheire.com/news/environment/2025/11/29/funding-approved-for-flood-mitigation-works-in-ballingeary/): Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Kevin “Boxer” Moran TD, has announced funding of €82,021 for minor flood mitigation works in Ballingeary, Co Cork.
- [Heavy rain warning issued for southern counties](https://weatheire.com/forecast/alert/2025/11/29/heavy-rain-warning-issued-for-southern-counties/): Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow rain warning for Cork, Kerry and Waterford, with 15 to 20 millimetres of rain expected from Sunday afternoon through Monday morning.
- [Ireland’s nitrates derogation set for possible three-year extension](https://weatheire.com/news/agriculture/2025/11/29/irelands-nitrates-derogation-set-for-possible-three-year-extension/): Ireland’s request for an extension to its nitrates derogation has moved a step closer, with the European Commission proposing a legal text that would allow the measure to continue for a further three years, subject to conditions.
- [Report shows 120,000 horses in Ireland](https://weatheire.com/news/nature/2025/11/29/report-shows-120000-horses-in-ireland/): Ireland’s equine population stands at more than 120,000, according to a new report published by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD.
- [Extra funding for wastewater projects to boost water quality](https://weatheire.com/news/environment/2025/11/29/extra-funding-for-wastewater-projects-to-boost-water-quality/): The Government has approved an additional €14.3 million to deliver rural wastewater projects under Measure A8 of the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme, bringing total funding to €65.2 million.
- [On This Day (29 November) in Irish Weather History](https://weatheire.com/on-this-day/2025/11/29/on-this-day-29-november-in-irish-weather-history/): A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on 29 November throughout history.
- [Investigation launched after stag killed in Dublin](https://weatheire.com/news/nature/2025/11/28/investigation-launched-after-stag-killed-in-dublin/): An investigation is under way after the headless body of a stag was found at Newbridge Estate and Farm in Donabate, North County Dublin.
- [IFI invests €13.6m in fish barrier mitigation](https://weatheire.com/news/environment/2025/11/24/ifi-invests-e13-6m-in-fish-barrier-mitigation/): Inland Fisheries Ireland is to provide €13.6 million to progress 103 projects aimed at reducing barriers to fish migration across the country.
- [November's solar storm "jolted" Earth’s upper atmosphere](https://weatheire.com/news/space/2025/11/24/novembers-solar-storm-jolted-earths-upper-atmosphere/):  A series of powerful X‑class solar flares earlier this month lit skies with aurora from northern Europe to Florida and jolted Earth’s upper atmosphere.
- [Blue skies return after weekend wind and rain](https://weatheire.com/ireland-from-space/2025/11/24/blue-skies-return-after-weekend-wind-and-rain/): After a weekend of rain and strong winds, Monday began with a mix of blue skies and scattered cloud. Status Yellow wind and rain warnings were in place on Sunday and into Monday morning, with more than 10mm of rainfall recorded in the west and a gust of 101km/h measured at Mace Head in Galway. Persistent cloud lingered in some central areas but the NASA Modis satellite captured clear skies over much of the country before midday. Coastal regions enjoyed unbroken sunshine from early morning. Dry conditions are expected to continue until late Tuesday when patchy rain will move into […]
- [The Big Freeze of 2010 remembered 15 years on](https://weatheire.com/on-this-day/2025/11/24/the-big-freeze-of-2010-remembered-15-years-on/): Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of the beginning of the 2010 cold outbreak that went on to be one of the harshest winters in modern Irish history.
- [Funding scheme opens for 2026 biodiversity projects](https://weatheire.com/news/nature/2025/11/24/funding-scheme-opens-for-2026-biodiversity-projects/): A national fund to support local biodiversity work has opened for applications, with three million euro available to councils for research, habitat restoration and measures to manage invasive species.
- [Warnings At Sea but Sunshine on Land](https://weatheire.com/news/marine/2025/11/24/warnings-at-sea-but-sunshine-on-land/):  Met Éireann has issued several Yellow marine warnings for Monday and Tuesday, with strong northerly and northwesterly winds expected around the coast.
- [Consultation Opens on Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Regulations](https://weatheire.com/news/nature/2025/11/23/consultation-opens-on-wild-salmon-and-sea-trout-regulations/): Minister of State for Fisheries and the Marine, Timmy Dooley, has opened a public consultation on the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2025.
- [Met Éireann issues raft of alerts as wet and windy spell returns](https://weatheire.com/forecast/alert/2025/11/23/met-eireann-issues-raft-of-alerts-as-wet-and-windy-spell-returns/): Met Éireann has issued a series of Status Yellow warnings for rain and wind.
- [On This Day (23 November) in Irish Weather History](https://weatheire.com/blog/2025/11/23/on-this-day-23-november-in-irish-weather-history/): A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on 23 November throughout history.
- [€2 Million Scheme Offers Relief for Flood-Prone Listowel](https://weatheire.com/news/environment/2025/11/23/e2-million-scheme-offers-relief-for-flood-prone-listowel/): Advanced flood management works have been completed in Listowel, Co Kerry, to protect 57 properties at risk in the Clieveragh area.
- [Oak Park in Carlow leads the country in dry spell](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/23/oak-park-in-carlow-leads-the-country-in-dry-spell/): Rainfall across most of the country was below normal during the past week, according to Met Éireann’s latest farming commentary.
- [Fog Warning Issued for 11 Counties on Saturday](https://weatheire.com/forecast/alert/2025/11/21/fog-warning-issued-for-11-counties-on-saturday/): Met Éireann has issued a status yellow fog warning for 11 counties on Saturday morning.
- [Earth’s Hardiest Plant Thrives in Orbit](https://weatheire.com/news/space/2025/11/20/earths-hardiest-plant-thrives-in-orbit/): A species of moss has survived nine months outside the International Space Station, with more than 80 percent of its spores returning to Earth still capable of growing.
- [Work Begins on €7m Greystones Coast Guard Station](https://weatheire.com/news/marine/2025/11/20/work-begins-on-e7m-greystones-coast-guard-station/): Construction has begun on a new Coast Guard station in Greystones, Co Wicklow. The €7.03 million project will replace ageing facilities used by the local volunteer Unit, which has served the coastline from Bray to Brittas for more than a century. The Greystones and Wicklow Coast Guard Unit has 32 volunteers who provide land, cliff and maritime search and rescue. The team has responded to 52 callouts so far this year and works closely with other emergency services including the Dún Laoghaire Unit, the Dublin based R116 helicopter, An Garda Síochána, Greystones Fire Service and the RNLI. The new station […]
- [Is a Bitter December Really on the Way for Ireland?](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/20/is-a-bitter-december-really-on-the-way-for-ireland/): You may have heard chatter online and in particularly on social media about the potential of a bitterly cold December on the way for Ireland and the UK
- [Ireland Awaits Coldest Night of the Winter So Far](https://weatheire.com/forecast/alert/2025/11/20/ireland-awaits-coldest-night-of-the-winter-so-far/): Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow warning for low temperatures and ice across ten counties tonight, with overnight lows expected to reach minus four degrees. It is set to be the coldest night of the winter so far.
- [On This Day (20 November) in Irish Weather History](https://weatheire.com/on-this-day/2025/11/20/on-this-day-20-november-in-irish-weather-history/): A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on 20 November throughout history.
- [Fields Saturated as Cold Weather Hits](https://weatheire.com/news/agriculture/2025/11/19/fields-saturated-as-cold-weather-hits/): Irish farmers have faced a much wetter than average week, according to Met Éireann’s latest farming weather commentary.
- [Arctic Air Brings Freezing Temperatures and Snow](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/19/arctic-air-brings-freezing-temperatures-and-snow/): Parts of the north west and north of Ireland were affected by wintry showers on Wednesday as temperatures struggled to rise above 5 to 6 degrees Celsius in some areas.
- [UK Met Office and Met Éireann issue snow and ice warnings for 11 counties](https://weatheire.com/forecast/alert/2025/11/18/uk-met-office-and-met-eireann-issue-snow-and-ice-warnings-for-11-counties/): A Status Yellow Ice and Snow warning has been issued from midnight Tuesday until midday Wednesday, covering Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry.
- [Ministers warn of climate threats to heritage and nature](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/18/ministers-warn-of-climate-threats-to-heritage-and-nature/): The Government has published new climate adaptation plans for water quality, water services infrastructure, built and archaeological heritage and biodiversity, warning that all are at risk from the impacts of climate change.
- [Forecast warns of liver fluke risk in livestock this winter](https://weatheire.com/news/agriculture/2025/11/18/forecast-warns-of-liver-fluke-risk-in-livestock-this-winter/): Farmers are being advised to remain vigilant for signs of liver fluke infection in cattle and sheep following the publication of the annual disease forecast by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
- [€2.1m issued to farmers for sustainable measures](https://weatheire.com/news/agriculture/2025/11/18/e2-1m-issued-to-farmers-for-sustainable-measures/): Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has announced the commencement of payments to farmers under the 2025 Multi-Species Sward and Red Clover Silage Measures.
- [Arctic air brings Ireland’s first cold snap of the season](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/18/arctic-air-brings-irelands-first-cold-snap-of-the-season/): Ireland is facing its first cold snap of the season as Arctic air sweeps south.
- [On This Day (18 November) in Irish Weather History](https://weatheire.com/on-this-day/2025/11/18/on-this-day-18-november-in-irish-weather-history/): A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on 18 November throughout history. 1967 – Overnight temperature dips to -4.2 °C at Phoenix Park, Dublin. 1971 – Maximum daytime temperature in Dublin reaches only 2.6 °C. 1990 – A gust of 103.5 km/h is recorded at Malin Head, Co. Donegal. 1996 – Clones, Co. Monaghan reports a daytime high of just 1.8 °C; Kilkenny records an overnight low of -4.6 °C. 2016 – The northern half of Ireland experiences numerous lightning strikes, with falls of hail and sleet. Daytime temperatures range between 4–6 °C. 2019 – Mount Dillon, Co. Roscommon […]
- [Satellites and AI Offer New Lens on Climate Adaptation](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/16/satellites-and-ai-offer-new-lens-on-climate-adaptation/): Satellite-based Earth observation offers a powerful new way to track climate adaptation, an international study involving researchers from the University of Galway has found.
- [€800,000 Available for Community Peatland  Projects](https://weatheire.com/news/environment/2025/11/16/e800000-available-for-community-peatland-projects/): Minister of State for Nature Heritage and Biodiversity Christopher O’Sullivan TD has launched the 2026 funding round under the NPWS Peatlands and Natura Community Engagement Scheme. 
- [Cold Snap to Follow Wet First Half to November](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/16/cold-snap-to-follow-wet-first-half-to-november/): After an exceptionally wet start to November, high pressure is set to bring more settled but noticeably colder weather across Ireland in the coming days.
- [On This Day (16 November) in Irish Weather History](https://weatheire.com/blog/2025/11/16/on-this-day-16-november-in-irish-weather-history/): A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on 16 November throughout history.
- [Northern Ireland meets legal air quality limits but fails WHO targets](https://weatheire.com/news/environment/2025/11/16/northern-ireland-meets-legal-air-quality-limits-but-fails-who-targets/): Northern Ireland stayed within legal air quality limits in 2024 but most monitoring sites continued to breach the stricter World Health Organisation guidelines.
- [Small Woodland Grant Scheme opens in Northern Ireland](https://weatheire.com/news/environment/2025/11/16/small-woodland-grant-scheme-opens-in-northern-ireland/): Northern Ireland's Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir, has opened applications for the 2025 Small Woodland Grant Scheme. 
- [Met Éireann to expand national pollen forecasting service](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/15/met-eireann-to-expand-national-pollen-forecasting-service/): Met Éireann has issued a tender for a company to deliver an expanded daily pollen forecast in a bid to strengthen Ireland’s forecasting capacity ahead of next year’s allergy season.
- [Nature based project aims to curb Eglinton flooding](https://weatheire.com/news/environment/2025/11/15/nature-based-project-aims-to-curb-eglinton-flooding/): Northern Ireland Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has visited Muff Glen Forest Park in Eglinton, Co Derry, to view new nature based flood management measures installed as part of a pilot project aimed at reducing local flood risk.
- [Something Wintry This Way Comes: Long Range Forecasts Hint at Cold and Snow](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/15/something-wintry-this-way-comes-long-range-forecasts-hint-at-cold-and-snow/): As Ireland is preparing for its first cold spell of the 2025–26 winter, long-range forecaster Peter O’Donnell of Irish Weather Online is predicting a season with more wintry episodes than have been typical in recent years.
- [Europe warned to step up climate readiness](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/15/europe-warned-to-step-up-climate-readiness/): European countries have made steady progress in planning for climate adaptation, yet a new review warns that far more needs to be done to turn plans into real action.
- [On This Day (15 November) in Irish Weather History](https://weatheire.com/on-this-day/2025/11/15/on-this-day-15-november-in-irish-weather-history/): A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on 15 November throughout history.
- [Tipperary soaks up highest rainfall](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/15/tipperary-soaks-up-highest-rainfall/): Met Éireann has reported that the past week was significantly wetter than normal across most of the country, with rainfall totals reaching between one and a half and four times the seasonal average.
- [Heavy rain and strong winds to hit as Storm Claudia moves across Ireland](https://weatheire.com/forecast/alert/2025/11/14/heavy-rain-and-strong-winds-to-hit-as-storm-claudia-moves-across-ireland/): Heavy rain and strong northeasterly winds are forecast to affect much of Ireland on Friday as Storm Claudia brings further unsettled weather to the country.
- [Ireland moves to shield networks from floods and storms](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/14/ireland-moves-to-shield-networks-from-floods-and-storms/): The Government has published its second Sectoral Adaptation Plan (SAP) for Communication Networks, setting out how Ireland will strengthen the resilience of its digital infrastructure against future storms.
- [14 November 2002: The Day the Tolka Burst Its Banks](https://weatheire.com/on-this-day/2025/11/14/14-november-2002-the-day-the-tolka-burst-its-banks/): On this day (14 November)  in 2002, Dublin awoke to one of the most disruptive flooding events in many years.
- [Heavy rain and strong winds to bring further flooding risk](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/13/heavy-rain-and-strong-winds-to-bring-further-flooding-risk/): Heavy and persistent rain will affect much of Ireland on Friday, bringing a renewed risk of localised flooding after what has already been an exceptionally wet month across parts of the west and south.
- [On This Day (13 November) in Irish Weather History](https://weatheire.com/on-this-day/2025/11/13/on-this-day-13-november-in-irish-weather-history/): A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on 13 November throughout history.
- [Fossil exhibition brings Ireland’s dinosaurs to life at UCC](https://weatheire.com/news/archaeology/2025/11/12/fossil-exhibition-brings-irelands-dinosaurs-to-life-at-ucc/): Over 250 original fossils, including bones from the only dinosaurs ever discovered in Ireland, will go on public display for the first time in a major new exhibition at University College Cork.
- [Heavy rain and localised flooding expected](https://weatheire.com/forecast/alert/2025/11/12/heavy-rain-and-localised-flooding-expected/): Further heavy rain will spread across Ireland later today and continue overnight into Thursday morning. Ground in many parts of the south is already saturated, raising the risk of localised flooding.
- [Irish quantum startup to help ESA analyse Earth from space](https://weatheire.com/news/space/2025/11/12/irish-quantum-startup-to-help-esa-analyse-earth-from-space/): An Irish quantum computing company is partnering with the European Space Agency to bring cutting-edge technology to space research.
- [Colder weather and frost more likely across northern UK](https://weatheire.com/news/climate/2025/11/12/colder-weather-and-frost-more-likely-across-northern-uk/): Central and northern parts of the UK are expected to experience colder but generally drier weather from this weekend through to the final week of November, according to the UK Met Office. 

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