Met Office hopes storm naming will be a breeze

Hurricane Paddy? No chance. How about Typhoon Enda or Gael Force Michael D? No way, but you could be on the receiving end of Storm Orla sometime soon.

Forecasters in Ireland and Britain have joined forces to make our storms more memorable — as if that was really necessary.

Last month the Met Office and Met Éireann announced a pilot project to name storms that may be blowing this way this autumn and winter.