The Met Éireann Podcast

Medicanes

Last year, Storm Daniel brought devastation to Greece, Turkey & Bulgaria before causing catastrophic loss of life in Libya. Heavy rain and thunderstorms produced more tha

The TRANSLATE Project

Rapid and effective action is required to help mitigate climate change and to help adapt to its impacts. With an ever-increasing number of climate studies showing evidenc

Wildfires

Wildfires have occurred on our planet for millions of years, helping bring new growth and diversity to forests and ecosystems. Weather and climate play a central role in

Saving Lives at Sea

The lifeboats of the RNLI have been saving lives in Irish and UK waters since 1824. Almost entirely run by volunteers, the RNLI have rescued over 144,000 lives since foun

The Sun and Our Skin

What causes sunburn? How does UV radiation damage our skin? Can it cause ageing? Who’s most at risk from skin cancer? How does sunscreen work? In this episode, Noel is jo

Aurora and Space Weather

The aurora, or northern and southern Lights, can often be seen dancing in the night sky of our polar regions. But in recent months, they have been visible at much lower l

Noel on 'Basically...with Stefanie Preissner'

We have a special crossover episode of the Met Éireann Podcast this month. Noel joins Stefanie Preissner on the Basically podcast for a fun, wide-ranging conversation cov

How Weather Radar Works, with Sinéad Duffy

Weather radar is one of the most useful tools available to meteorologists or anyone wondering if it is going to rain! From its early beginnings during World War Two, to t

Lift off: The launch of Europe’s new weather satellite

Europe’s newest weather satellite launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana on December 13th, 2022. The Meteosat Third Generation-Imager 1 satellite, or MTG-I1, will d

Climate impacts and solutions with Prof Peter Thorne

The extreme heatwaves and droughts of Summer 2022 affected hundreds of millions of people across the Northern Hemisphere, and although exceptional to us, should they now

Adventures on the Frontiers of Climate Change

Dr Heïdi Sevestre is one of the world's leading voices on the need to protect our planet's cold places and the damage being caused by climate change. In this episode, Heï

Season 4 Trailer

The Met Éireann Podcast is back with a brand new season. Episode 1 is coming very soon!

IPPC Report - avoiding the worst effects of climate change

Dr. Padraig Flattery is back to take us through the latest instalment of the IPCC's sixth report which focuses on the steps we need to take to avoid the worst effects of

Top 10 take aways from the IPCC Report on the impact of Climate Change

Dr. Padraig Flattery from Met Éireann's climate services discusses the top 10 messages from a recent IPCC report on the impact climate change is having on the planet.

The influence of the sky on ancient Ireland

Archaeoastronomer Dr. Frank Prendergast joins Noel to talk about the relationship between people in our prehistoric past and the sky above them, particularly how structur

The future of forecasting

Noel and Liz discuss the advancements that will help to predict our weather in the future including the new UWC supercomputer in Iceland.

COP26, Storm Barra and winter weather forecast

In this bumper Xmas edition, senior climatologist Keith Lambkin gives us a round-up of what happened at COP26 and meteorologist Paul Moore joins us to discuss Storm Barra

COP26 - What's at stake and what to look out for.

Dr. John Hanley is a climate scientist at Met Éireann and in this episode he highlights some of the latest findings on climate change as well as the key objectives of COP

How weather affects rescue services

Noel and Liz speak to members of the Galway Mountain Rescue Team and one of the pilots of Rescue 118 to find out how weather impacts these vital services.

The impact of weather on food growth

This month we're exploring the basic science of how plants grow, the risks weather poses to our crops, how climate change may affect food production, and we also get some