Weather Warning for high temperatures in place until Friday

Met Eireann has issued a Yellow level weather warning for high temperatures until 9pm on Friday.

A forecaster said: "Temperatures will hit 27 degrees Celsius in places on Monday and are expected to exceed it on subsequent days, this week."

Dublin Fire Brigade has issued the following advice:

• Drink plenty of water;

• Wear a hat;

• Stay indoors;

• Use sunblock, high factor;

• Check the young and not so young are prepared;

• Feeling weak? Seek shade, sit down, get help;

• Stay out of the sun between 11am and 3pm;

• Walk in the shade if you can;

• You should aim to drink 5 pints of water a day;

• Keep mirrors, crystals and glasses away window sills as they can can cause fires if the sun is reflected on to flammable surfaces;

• Aerosol cans can also explode!

Yellow Warnings

The concept behind Yellow level weather alerts is to notify those who are at risk because of their location and/or activity, and to allow them to take preventative action.

Yellow level weather alerts are for weather conditions that do not pose an immediate threat to the general population, but only to those exposed to risk by nature of their location and/or activity.