We all got a bit of a shock over the weekend when an unfamiliar liquid known as “rain” started falling out of the sky. While it will clearly take us a while to get over the the confusion and trauma, it might be something we’re just going to have to get used to. According to […]

8 years ago

Three whole days to explore and a weather forecast that’s putting Ireland as being hotter than parts of Spain? Sounds like the best Bank Holiday weekend ever. Don’t get stuck in that trap of staying at home all weekend lounging around, you’ll seriously regret it come Tuesday morning when it’s raining (again) and you’re stuck […]

8 years ago

We reckon RTE must hold some sort of record for news and weather bloopers at this point. Blooper King Aengus Mac Grianna may have left the news desk for good last November, but there’s no shortage of broadcasters to keep his legacy alive. This week’s “I didn’t know I was on air” gaffe comes courtesy […]

8 years ago

If you’re considering packing away the BBQ until next year, think again. It’s been a summer of weird weather surprises – and today is no different as a yellow weather warning for rain this weekend has been chased by a prediction of a “Spanish Plume” in the coming weeks. Only yesterday, 16 counties were affected […]

8 years ago

Long live the good weather. It’s still here, after all the maybes and drops of rain here and there, the sun has always come back day after day like it promised it would. Met Éireann’s weekly renewal of their weather advisory continues and they say that there is a Status Yellow in place for Munster […]

8 years ago

When Michael Gallagher predicted back in March that we would get a whopper of a summer, we laughed in his face. We were just after facing Storm Emma/Beast From The East and thought it was only going to get much worse. But, he was bang on the money and if you don’t believe us, here’s […]

8 years ago

While the weather has generally been warm in Ireland for some time now, yesterday was, shall we say, a bit different. Even though the sun mostly was hidden behind dark, puffy clouds, people still arrived home from work in the evening dripping with the sweat (it wasn’t just us, was it?) But which part of […]

8 years ago

We thought the day would never come. Property agents Savills is expecting a sharp slow down in house price growth as house supply increases. According to the Irish Times, the first indication of this “cooling off” should be revealed this week in the official house price figures for May. Sean O’Malley, senior economist at Savills […]

8 years ago

Music to our ears. Met Éireann is predicting dry and bright weather today with highs of 20° and some scattered showers. Pretty standard right? Luckily, it looks like we’re in for even better weather from tomorrow with the mercury set to hit 28° over the weekend. Carlow Weather has predicted good news for Sunday as […]

8 years ago

Chris. Chris isn’t a terrifying name. We don’t know any Chris’ that make us think: ‘oh, you’re hard’. Nor have we come across a Christina that would cause any harm to anyone, she just goes about doing her daily business, keeping herself to herself. But fears are growing that Hurricane Chris – which was upgraded […]

8 years ago

Gardaí have alerted the public to possible criminal activity after a number of ‘unusual’ markings at three properties in Meath came to their attention at the weekend. It is thought that these markings could be used as a way of identifying properties for potential break-ins. Gardaí in Kells issued the warning when they were made […]

8 years ago

Sick of the heatwave yet? If so, we’ve got some bad news. Temperatures here in Ireland are set to remain pretty much in the high twenties throughout the week ahead. The mercury will rise to 27 degrees today with the same again tomorrow. The sunny weather on Monday will be punctuated by cloudy spells for […]

8 years ago