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Flooded Ireland - Is this the new normal?

Flooding is the price that Ireland is going to pay for Climate Change.  That’s the view Clima...

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10.52 27 Feb 2020


Flooded Ireland - Is this the new normal?


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10.52 27 Feb 2020


Flooding is the price that Ireland is going to pay for Climate Change. 

That’s the view Climatologist and Professor Emirates at Maynooth University, John Sweeney gave us back in August in response to a Europe-wide environmental study. 

John is back with us to to discuss the recent severe flooding in the west and midlands this week and whether this is the new normal.


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