Ireland is facing up to 100 times more extreme weather events like the current heatwave as a result of the climate crisis, says a Maynooth University expert.
The National Directorate for Fire & Emergency Management Crisis Management Team lept to action last week in anticipation of the country reaching its highest recorded temperature in a century - 33C in Dublin. Water ran low in Cork, Galway, Waterford, Donegal and Kildare.
And while the country escaped the ‘red warning’ for extreme heat in England and blazes that swept across Europe, Professor John Sweeney at the Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS (ICARUS) at MU says “only when we stop the concentrations of greenhouse gases - the global temperature will stabilise”.
