Met Éireann jobs cut in face of climate change

IN light of the unprecedented flooding of recent weeks there are growing fears that projects to map the future effects of climate-change are being hampered by job cuts at Met Éireann.

Met Éireann has seen its workforce cut from 205 staff to 176, resulting in concerns that staff will be pulled out of development and research work to cover core tasks.

The job cuts have been pushed through via the public sector employment moratorium, in addition to early retirement schemes, natural retirement and incentivised career breaks.