How infighting within Met Éireann led to failing communication and growing tension before catastrophe of Storm Chandra floodsIt emerged that general forecasters and flood forecasters were working in the same room – and that’s when the problems beganThe clean-up after Storm Chandra in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. Photo: CollinsEavan Murray Today at 06:30Insiders at Met Éireann and external experts say its flood-forecasting service has not developed at pace despite the Government “pumping money” into it.

Source: Irish Independent January 31, 2026 05:47 UTC