Met Éireann pays tribute to Irish woman whose forecast saved 1944 D-Day landings

Maureen Sweeney passed away over the weekend File Picture

Met Éireann has paid tribute to Irish woman Maureen Sweeney, whose weather forecast saved D-Day during World War II, saying she was at the centre of a "pivotal moment in Irish and international weather history."

On June 3, 1944 - her 21st birthday - Maureen Sweeney (née Flavin) was taking hourly weather readings at Blacksod lighthouse and coastguard station in Co Mayo, which were then secretly phoned to London.