Climate change hits Ireland as extreme weather conditions set to become 'the new norm’

If you thought the weather couldn’t get much worse than the winter just gone by, think again. New research has found extreme seasonal conditions will be the “new-normal” by the end of this century.

In fact, Ireland is likely to be subject to periods of extreme temperatures, extreme rainfall and drought on an increasingly regular basis, according to researchers at Maynooth University.

Change is already at hand. The research also reveals that previously out-of-the-ordinary periods of extreme weather have become significantly more regular since the mid-19th century.