Irish Examiner view: A golden sky at the end of Storm Darragh 

Sense of relief after the fourth named storm of the season blows over

A pedestrian and birds trying to navigate the blustery conditions in Clontarf, Dublin as Storm Darragh slammed into Ireland and Britain. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

It will come as no great consolation that the 2024-2025 storm season — which commenced at the end of August — has only reached the fourth entry on its list of names.

Although we have experienced plenty of Storm Darragh since it roiled across these shores, it is a gloomy thought that the experts at Met Éireann; Britain’s Met Office; and KNMI, the Dutch weather service, have another 17 nomenclatures waiting in the wings.