Farmers hope for better in 2024 following a 'remarkable' year gone by for rainfall and warming

For the first time in a single year since 1941, two months observed their wettest on record, March and July.

43 acres of main crop potatoes in October on the lands of tillage farmer Dick Fitzgerald, Loughane, East Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

Ireland has experienced a "remarkable year" with rainfall and warming at "unprecedented levels at times", head of climate services at Met Éireann Keith Lambkin has said.

It is expected that 2023 will be the warmest year on record for Ireland, beating the previous warmest year of 2022, Met Éireann has said.