HSE worker pleaded with Met Éireann to change weather warning to red, so they could still get paid

Soaked washing and ‘bourgeois’ pronunciation also among complaints to forecaster

Stormy conditions. Photo: Domnick Walsh

An HSE worker pleaded with Met Éireann to change a Status Orange weather warning to red, so they could still get paid despite not going to work.

Soaked washing on the clothesline and “bourgeois” pronunciation were also among the gripes submitted to Met Éireann last year.