Potato Blight

Yep, as in the thing that caused the Famine. As if the weather couldn’t be any more miserable at the moment. Met Éireann have issued a warning that upcoming weather conditions are “conducive to the spread of potato blight”. Isn’t that just great? The counties affected by these conditions are Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, and west Galway. The weather […]

Yep, as in the thing that caused the Famine. As if the weather couldn’t be any more miserable at the moment. Met Éireann have issued a warning that upcoming weather conditions are “conducive to the spread of potato blight”. Isn’t that just great? The counties affected by these conditions are Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, and west Galway. The weather […]

4 years ago

Met Éireann issue yet another warning over potato blight

What is this, a Marita Conlon McKenna book? That’s right, the blight is back. Again. And we don’t just mean again as in this is what caused The Great Famine (though it is), we mean that it has become a regular occurrence throughout 2018 as well. In the last two months, Met Éireann has issued […]

What is this, a Marita Conlon McKenna book? That’s right, the blight is back. Again. And we don’t just mean again as in this is what caused The Great Famine (though it is), we mean that it has become a regular occurrence throughout 2018 as well. In the last two months, Met Éireann has issued […]

8 years ago

Met Éireann have issued a potato blight warning for the entire country

Yes, as in the thing that caused the famine. It has been a busy few days for the Met Éireann office, it must be said. On top of letting us know about the hottest counties in the country this week, as well as giving us the bad news that there will potentially be some spot flooding […]

Yes, as in the thing that caused the famine. It has been a busy few days for the Met Éireann office, it must be said. On top of letting us know about the hottest counties in the country this week, as well as giving us the bad news that there will potentially be some spot flooding […]

8 years ago

Potato Blight

Yes, as in the thing that caused the famine. It has been a busy few days for the Met Éireann office, it must be said. On top of letting us know about the hottest counties in the country this week, as well as giving us the bad news that there will potentially be some spot flooding [&hellip;]

Yes, as in the thing that caused the famine. It has been a busy few days for the Met Éireann office, it must be said. On top of letting us know about the hottest counties in the country this week, as well as giving us the bad news that there will potentially be some spot flooding […]