Provisional data released last month by Met Éireann on climate trends in 2023 confirmed what we all pretty much knew. Certainly, what the people of Midleton knew anyway.  As well as being the warmest year on record, the country experienced unprecedented rainfall that caused “knock-on consequences to much of society”, according to Keith Lambkin, the meteorological service’s head of climate services. Most impactful was the significant flooding caused by several storms toward the tail-end of the year. In mid-October, for example, Storm Babet left a reign of damage and destruction across large parts of counties Cork, Kerry and Waterford. The…

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