Hottest day of the year as 'Costa del Kildare' beats Lanzarote

Today will turn out to be the hottest day of the year in Kildare with temperatures touching 23 degrees.

We had better weather than many parts of Europe and the Mediterranean including sunshine island Lanzarote.

Hard to believe just over two months ago we had the heaviest snow in almost 40 years.

Today will continue to be dry in most areas today with some good sunshine.

Met Eireann said highest temperatures will reach 22 degrees Celsius.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow (Saturday) will be mostly dry with some sunshine at times. Highest temperature of 17 to 21 degrees.

Sunday

Partly cloudy with isolated showers but still hot. Highs of 19 to 24 C.

MONDAY and TUESDAY will continue to be very warm and humid with highs of up to 25 C.

However rain and cooler temperatures are expected on WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY as the current warm spell comes to an end.

Temperatures will still remain in the high teens Celsius.