A University of Limerick (UL) lecturer, who credits her husband’s snoring with helping her to avoid serious injury when a 40-tonne tree crashed through their home during Storm Éowyn, says she believes recent extreme weather events are connected to climate change.
“I definitely believe the tree falling, and all of these storms, are down to climate change as it’s not normal to have 183km/h wind speeds here,” said Maura Adshead, an associate professor in politics and public administration.
She was speaking in the aftermath of the incident in the early hours of Friday morning at the home she shares with her husband, fellow UL professor Neil Robinson, and their 22-year-old…