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Met Éireann to begin new English and Irish monthly podcast series on Friday, 21 June
From Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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The Met Éireann Podcast and Podchraoladh Met Éireann will cover issues relating to Ireland’s weather and climate, with national and international guests.
Met Éireann will begin a new monthly podcast series, The Met Éireann Podcast, on 21 June. The series, co-presented by Met Éireann’s Liz Walsh and Noel Fitzpatrick, will cover a range of public interest topics on weather and climate with national and international expert guests. The podcast will be freely available on Met Éireann’s website ( www.met.ie/podcast ) and wherever people normally get podcasts.
Met Éireann will also release a new monthly Irish language podcast series, Podchraoladh Met Éireann, starting on 21 June. This series, presented by Met Éireann’s Ferdia McCrann, will feature discussions on weather and climate as Gaeilge. The podcast will also have original music by Met Éireann’s Donal Black.
Speaking ahead of the first episode, Met Éireann’s Head of Forecasting, Evelyn Cusack, said: “We’re delighted to begin providing the public with a fresh, monthly source of information on different aspects of Ireland’s weather and climate. Irish people are fascinated by the weather and all things related to it. We hope that through this podcast series Liz, Noel and Ferdia will give people insights into what causes our weather and climate, its impacts on our lives and the different kinds of work we do at Met Éireann.”
The first episode will bring listeners through the fundamentals of climate change and discuss our latest climate projections for Ireland, including how temperature, rainfall, storms and sea levels will all change into the future.
The first full podcasts of both series will be published on Friday, 21 June, at 6am. Thereafter, the monthly podcasts will be published in the first week of each month, with July’s episode published on Wednesday, 10 July.
The podcasts will also feature Met Éireann’s choir, The Isobars, who will play out each episode.
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People can subscribe to the podcasts at www.met.ie/podcast or on their podcast app. A short 2-minute promotional sample is attached and is available at www.met.ie/podcast
Noel Fitzpatrick
Noel Fitzpatrick is a research meteorologist with Met Éireann. He recently returned to Ireland from Canada after completing a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science. There, Noel carried out research on the links between weather, climate and the loss of the planet’s snow and ice. Noel began his career in meteorology with a Masters at the University of Reading. He then joined Met Éireann as a meteorological officer, working as an aviation weather observer and in the maintenance of the Irish weather station network.
Today, Noel is involved with the development of Met Éireann’s use of satellite data and high performance computing, with the goal of improving weather and climate services into the future.
“I’m passionate about science communication, and the responsibility researchers have to clearly communicate their work to a wide audience. I’m looking forward to our first episode on climate change, and hope it answers some questions people may have!”
Liz Walsh
Liz Walsh is an operational forecaster at Met Éireann. She began her career as a meteorological officer following completion of a Masters in Meteorology at UCD in 2006. She went to New Zealand in 2009 to work at the National Meteorological Service in Wellington, where she eventually trained and worked as a forecaster. She returned to Europe in 2014 and worked as a meteorologist for an energy company in Reading in the UK before returning to the Met Éireann fold in August 2016.
“I had the immense honour of taking part in the hurricane and warning workshop at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida in February/March 2018 so I’m really looking forward to the hurricane podcast!”
Ferdia McCrann
Is é Ferdia McCrann ár n-oifigeach Gaeilge. Tháinig sé go dtí Met Éireann sa bhlian 2006, tá cúlra aige san eolaíocht agus go háirithe eolaíocht ríomhaireachta agus matamaiticí.
Chaith sé cheithre bhlian ag obair i réadlann Dairbhre i gcontae Chiarraí sular bhog sé go dtí an ceanncheathrú i Glasnaíon áit a bhfuil sé ina bhall den rannóg taighde.
Déileálann sé le fiosruithe uaidh na meáin agus ón bpobal agus is féidir é a chloisteáil go rialta ar raidió na Gaeltachta ag freagairt ceisteanna ar gach cineál aimsir.
Beidh an podchraoladh nua uaidh Met Éireann á chur i láthair aige.
Noel, Liz and Ferdia are available for media interviews about the podcast series on Thursday 20 June and Friday 21 June at certain times. To organise an interview please contact Gavin Gallagher, Digital Communications Meteorologist at Met Éireann, on 087 299 8368.
People can contact the Met Éireann podcast team at podcast@met.ie or through its website www.met.ie/
Met Éireann is also on Twitter ( @meteireann - send us a tweet using the hashtag #MetEireannPodcast ) and Facebook