READER'S BLOG: Challenging the climate change alarmists

The weather from September 2016 through to August 2017 was one of the most benign continuous periods of fine weather in Ireland.
Autumn, winter and spring months were mostly mild and dry. Farmers could plough their fields in December. Some had already harvested silage by April and there were many opportunities to save hay. Apart from one wet weekend of intense rainfall in Donegal, the weather could not be classified as being extreme in any sense.