Ireland’s infrastructure ‘unprepared’ for future Storm Éowyn-type events

Storm Éowyn in particular highlighted how our critical infrastructure lacks resilience to extreme weather events, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council.

Ireland’s critical infrastructure is vulnerable to the ever-increasing impacts of extreme weather events, and the Government “cannot procrastinate any longer” on addressing the issue, experts have said.

The Climate Change Advisory Council said action needed to be taken now to better prepare the country for the next major weather event, just a few months after Storm Éowyn wreaked havoc and left hundreds of thousands of homes without power and water.