Eoin Moran
Director
Responsibility at Assistant Secretary level for Met Éireann the National Meteorological Service; acts as Ireland’s Permanent Representative to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and as principal delegate of Ireland in the Councils of other international meteorological organisations; Ex-offio member of the Climate Change Advisory Council, sets strategic direction for Met Éireann in line with Departmental policies; allocates resources and adapts organisational structures to meet changing demands; participates in the Department’s Management Board and reports directly to the Secretary General; maintains and upgrades meteorological, hydrological and climatological operational capability, capacity, and efficiency in line with European scientific and technical norms.
Responsible for ensuring that Met Éireann:
- monitors, analyses, and predicts Ireland’s weather and climate,
- produces, provides, and communicates authoritative weather, climate and hydrometeorological services to protect life and property, and to promote wider societal and economic wellbeing,
- conducts research into weather, climate, and hydrometeorology to improve services to the public and emergency management, and to inform Government policy making and decision making.
- fulfils its national and international obligations
Josephine Prendergast
Assistant Director
Responsibility at Assistant Director level for leadership and decision making on programmes, policies, budgets and people management across Met Éireann; overall strategic planning of Met Éireann’s operational, administrative and scientific / technical activities; overall oversight of performance measurement and quality assurance for Met Éireann, direct line management responsibility for Senior Meteorologist/Heads of Divisions; provision of scientific and technical direction, innovation and leadership, maintaining and developing relevant engagements with external organisations and groupings; representing Ireland and Met Éireann to various international meteorological organisations; deputising for the Director as necessary.
Rosemarie Lawlor
Head of Flood Forecasting Division
The Chief Hydrometeorologist is the head of the Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) in Met Éireann and a member of Met Éireann’s senior management team. The primary responsibility is to further develop Met Éireann’s FFC, managing its operations (which include 24/7 cover as necessary) and leading further flood forecasting developments, including coastal flood forecasting capability. This Division plays a critical role in emergency management liaising directly with local authorities, NDFEM and GTF during extreme weather events. The role encompasses overall scientific and technical leadership for the Centre and for hydrometeorology within Met Éireann. It involves promoting the practice of hydrometeorology in Ireland, leading, advancing, and managing a team in an operational environment. Collaborating effectively with national and international hydrometeorological, hydrological, and meteorological experts and representatives is also a fundamental aspect of this role.
Saji Varghese
Senior Meteorologist Research & Applications Division
Responsibility at Senior Meteorologist level for the Research and Applications Division, which develops and operates Met Éireann’s operational short-range numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. It conducts basic research in NWP in collaboration with the HIRLAM/ACCORD consortium. It also carries out climate modelling and research activities at global and regional scales in collaboration with EC-Earth and HCLIM research communities. The Division develops and implements a series of science-based applications to support operational forecast and warning services provided by Met Éireann; these include road-ice forecasts, geolocation forecasts and specialised forecasts for the farming community.
Tony Tighe
Senior Meteorologist Aviation Services Division
Responsibility at Senior Meteorologist level to ensure: compliance with EU and global regulations governing the provision of aeronautical meteorological services for the State; that such services are provided to the highest standards of safety and cost efficiency; that Division staff contribute effectively to the international organisations responsible for the development of regulations and procedures relating to aeronautical meteorology; the continuation of effective consultation processes with stakeholders, internal and external, to guarantee that high quality services, developed according to user needs, are provided to the aviation sector.
Sarah Gallagher
Senior Meteorologist Observations Division
Responsibility at Senior Meteorologist level for managing the Observations Division of Met Éireann, which is responsible for Met Éireann’s meteorological, climatological and environmental observations infrastructure. The Division is responsible for the development, management and maintenance of systems supporting the core operational work of Met Éireann, including ground and upper air weather stations, marine, climate monitoring networks, atmospheric composition and precipitation chemistry laboratories, meteorological radar network, satellite reception systems, the national digital climate archive and associated ICT infrastructure. The Division is tasked with ensuring the sustainability of the observing networks used to define the climate of Ireland and for providing a wide range of quality assured data. The Division is also responsible for the meteorological, geophysical, and environmental monitoring and scientific research programmes conducted at Valentia Observatory.
Alyn Deane
Principal Officer Business Continuity and Facilities Management Division
Responsibility at Principal Officer level for Business Continuity and Facilities Management within Met Éireann. This includes: embedding Business Continuity in general operations and processes; the development of ICT Disaster Recovery and Managed Services to facilitate Business Continuity in Met Éireann’s ICT systems and core operations; management of Met Éireann’s facilities countrywide, and co-ordination of accommodation works and property developments in conjunction with the Office of Public Works; co-ordination of Health and Safety compliance; Records/Data Management policies, including Open Data compliance and customer contract management, oversight and support. The National Meteorological Library also falls within the Division’s remit.
Lorna Walsh
Senior Meteorologist Technology Division
Responsibility at Senior Meteorologist level for the management of Met Éireann’s ICT and Meteorological Observation infrastructure. Responsibility for development of ICT systems used for meteorological data communications, weather and climate services production and service dissemination. The IT Division manages Met Éireann’s ICT infrastructure. The Division’s functions include the support, maintenance and development of operational (24/7) systems for meteorological observation (ground stations, satellite and radar) meteorological data management and communication weather and climate services production and dissemination. The Technology Division also provides general office ICT services to Met Éireann.
Eoin Sherlock
Senior Meteorologist Forecasting Division
Responsibility at Senior Meteorologist level for managing the Forecast Division of Met Éireann which incorporates both operational and strategic tasks. The primary responsibility is to ensure resilient 24/7/365 operations in the Central Analysis and Forecast Office and in the Central Aviation Office. This Division plays a critical role in emergency management liaising directly with local authorities, NDFEM and GTF during extreme weather events. These offices also support weather broadcasting on RTÉ radio and television, and build and maintain an online presence for Met Éireann. Critical tasks include the provision of forecast and warnings services to the road maintenance community and the aviation community. Forecast Division provides a high degree of support to Emergency Management in Ireland in both planning and operational phases, and coordinates with the forecast and warning services of other European National Met Services as appropriate. Forecast Division also provides, through MET web, key weather information online to help support decision-making across many public-service bodies, ranging from the Gardaí through to the Local Authorities.
Keith Lambkin
Senior Meteorologist Climate Services Division
Responsibility at Senior Meteorologist level for managing the Climate Services Division, which incorporates both operational and developmental tasks. The division has responsibility for the development of a National Framework for Climate Services, in support of Irish climate adaptation, through the provision of standardised climate services; the analysis of Ireland’s climate including regular international reporting to the World Meteorological Organization; the provision of climate communications both through scheduled climate summaries as well as stakeholder and media support during extreme weather and related climate events. The division also supports international climate initiatives at European and global level such as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Panel on Change (IPCC).
Josephine Prendergast
Acting Assistant Director/Senior Meteorologist Business Operations Division
Responsibility at Assistant Director level for leadership and decision making for corporate and infrastructure functions in Met Éireann, overall strategic planning of Met Éireann’s administrative and technical activities; responsibility at Senior Meteorologist level for the management of Met Éireann’s business support functions including; management and oversight of Met Éireann’s administrative budgets, financial reporting and asset management; co-ordinating Met Éireann’s strategic HR/IR functions for 260+ staff, including staff recruitment/promotion competitions, business and workforce planning, liaison with staff associations. Also responsible for developing and implementing training and development plan for all staff; corporate governance and coordination of strategic and business planning; developing engagement with research partners and funding entities both nationally and internationally, AI transformation and Communications.