Sir, The first storm ever to be named (jointly by the UK Met Office and Met Éireann) was “Abigail” in November 2015.
Great to see someone had a sense of humour! A Big Gale? Maybe “A Gust Us” will blow in soon! – Yours, etc,
TERRY PATTISON,
Glenageary, Dublin.
Grá ar an Trá: What is the point of Gráinne Seoige in this incoherent pudding of a series?
Ireland is emerging from winter, but maybe hold off mowing your lawn for now
What’s a phage and why might your body be hosting thousands of them?
Author Torrey Peters: ‘Admitting to any sexual aspect to a trans identity can be politically dangerous. But I refuse to be silenced by bigots’
Sir, – The pronunciation of Storm Ciarán is clearly provided by the UK’s Met Office as “keer-awn”, having been named by that office after Ciarán Fearon, a civil servant who works in the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland.
The fact that the BBC’s own Northern Ireland weather forecaster can’t get his tongue round the name (“Kieron” is his version) suggests that the Met Office must have failed to send their advice back to Northern Ireland through the Brexit Green lane. – Yours, etc,
KEVIN O’SULLIVAN,
Letterkenny, Co Donegal.
