Minister for Housing James Browne was critical of Met Éireann during Storm Chandra and felt the weather warnings were not accurate enough. Minister for Housing James Browne confirmed that the county-wide alerts will be replaced by a polygon-based weather warning system. Browne was critical of Met Éireann during Storm Chandra and felt the weather warnings were not accurate enough for the places that ended up being flooded by incessant storm rain last month. Confirmation that the forecaster is developing a more localised weather warning system came in response to a parliamentary question from Fine Gael TD Willie Aird. Aird said the recent spate of weather warnings showed that many are too broad and cause unnecessary disruption.

Source: The Irish Times February 25, 2026 19:49 UTC