Anything but normal. Driest, calmest Winter I can remember. Complete opposite to the usual active Atlantic driven weather. Extraordinary Winter for mundane reasons. Met Eireann monthly bulletin-
December-Rainfall: drier than normal nearly everywhere,Temperature: mild countrywide.
January-Mild and dry everywhere,Rainfall: very dry in places; dry spells in eastern parts,Temperature: mild everywhere; mildest in the West, Northwest and East.