2018 has been an exciting, productive, challenging and though provoking year. On the Facilitation front the biggest highlight was to have led the design team and been the Event Moderator…
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Last Tuesday, as Coordinator of the Horticulture Industry Forum (HIF) I spent the day discussing the challenges facing the industry with 14 grower representatives, the Minister for Horticulture and representatives…
Over the past 35 years of my working life, I cannot remember a period of so much uncertainty. Brexit, climate change, political upheavals and the decline of organised religion to…
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As I write rain is falling here in Fingal . 8.2mm has fallen in the past 4 hours. The first significant rain that we’ve had here since early May. Like…
The current spell of very dry weather is enjoyable, causing problems and thought provoking. As I write early in the morning all the windows and doors in my office are…
Last Thursday, the new Teagasc Horticulture, Forestry and Education Facility at its campus in Ashtown, Dublin was officially opened. This is a wonderful new facility, involving a €2.1m investment in…
Last Monday, As Co-ordinator of the Horticulture Industry Forum, I travelled North to visit a number of producers and to address a meeting of the Northern Ireland Horticulture Forum. Vice-Chair…
I was honoured to be the Event Moderator and facilitation design consultant for the EU Ideas Lab 2018, which took place in Brussels over 3 days at the beginning of…
I’m heading to Brussels today, 24 hours earlier than planned, in the hope that the snow showers now forming over the Irish Sea will not impact too severely before my…
Weather Forecast
16/02/20 09:50
***Stay up to date with Met Éireann today. Storm Dennis is affecting Ireland today. Strong winds and intense rain will occur.***
Storm Dennis will continue to affect Ireland today with severe and potentially damaging southwesterly gusts persisting through the day, particularly in Atlantic Coastal counties. Heavy frequent showers with thundery downpours will occur and it will be significantly colder than yesterday. Highs 5 – 9c. Further potentially thundery showers will occur overnight. Strong to gale force gusty southwesterly winds will persist for most of the night, even stormy in the northwest, but will begin to ease before morning. Lows 1 – 4c. Very cold, windy and showery on Monday. The showers will be wintry at times on high ground. Strong and gusty west winds. Highs 4c – 8c. Very cold, a little less windy but still showery on Tuesday. The showers will be wintry with falls of snow possible, especially on high ground. Strong and gusty west winds. Highs 3c – 7c. Turning wet but milder for a time on Wednesday. Cold with wintry showers on Thursday. Unsettled for Friday and the weekend but turning milder.
