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PRESIDENT MICHAEL D. Higgins is travelling to Limerick this morning, where he will meet locals affected by flooding in the area and survey damage caused by this month’s storms.
He’ll also head to Cork this afternoon to meet home and business owners affected by tidal flooding in the city last week.
It comes as Met Éireann’s latest outlook suggests we may be in for some respite from the constant cycle of stormy weather — the latest update from the weather service states that the second half of the week will be cold, changeable and unsettled but “not as tempestuous as recent weeks”.
However, there will be some wet and windy weather around today — the forecast is for heavy showers in the west, spreading eastwards during the morning. Some of the showers will be wintry on higher ground, and the wet conditions will continue overnight.
Sub-zero night-time temperatures are forecast for the rest of the week, with severe frosts at times — and some areas can also expect further occasional wintry showers.
However — for the first time in what seems like around two months, there are currently no orange or red warnings filling the rectangle in the top left-hand corner of the Met Éireann website.
Not even a lowly ‘yellow alert’:
[Image: Met Éireann]
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Can he not carry his own f*****g brolly !
Wouldn’t the tax payers money be better spent on better flood defences than housing this guy in his mansion?
On the way he and the wife can drop in to Limerick prison to see their mate Darcy
That’s so useful!!!! A figure head who has nothing constructive to offer. Although he could cut back on his junkets to South America and divert the money to victims
‘Wet and windy weather around today’? RTE forecast last night said it would be dry. It’s time the Met Office got their act together.
I hope they put some stones in his pocket in case he blows away
If the President were laid down horizontally, he could form part of a flood defence.
I believe he has a new driver now
What disgusting comments. If the people in the home country have lost all respect for others, especially the president, what hope have they got? It is deeply sad to observe this arrogance. Idiocy at its very worst!
The only idiots here are the people who still tolerate these retired smoked salmon socialists still living off the Irish people
Idiocy? :D
Harry have you any idea what higgins and his ilk have done to the people of Ireland.
One wonders how much were paying that guy to hold an umbrella
Is this not really just a day out for Uachtarán na hÉireann ??
I guess he needs to stretch the legs, some tea and sandwiches, stand with his hands in his coat and say ‘It looks rather wet alright’
It’s a complete joke. An Army Officer standing there holding a brolly , when he should be doing something useful to help people who really need help. Get his greatcoat off , and roll up his sleeves, do some real work,and cut the nonsense!
Hope there’s no deep puddles down there !!
He will need to be carried on someone’s shoulders.
Is there such a thing as platform wellies?
the picture is from 2012 ploughing competitions…read before throwing abuse at an elderly man when you dont have a clue what he does for Ireland
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