Ireland To Rival Europe’s Top Holiday Hotspots This Week… Don’t You Just Love Exam Season?!

If there’s still a chance to skip a day at the office, do!

Get ready to sit back with your face to the sun as Ireland’s temperatures will rival top holiday hotspots around the Med today.

Temperatures for some parts of the country will reach 22 degrees today, the Irish Independent and Met Eireann report.

It will be the hottest day so far this year and it’s set to continue over the next few days...

Don’t you just love the Leaving Cert season?!

Today, Ireland’s temperatures will rival hot holiday destinations Corfu, Barcelona and the Canaries on the mercury.

Weather forecaster Harm Luijkx told the Irish Independent that each day this week will get fairly warm weather with temperatures reaching the low 20s.

And Luijkx has famed forecaster Donegal postman Michael Gallagher’s blessing too...

Ever the optimist, Gallagher believes the recent cold weather and rain are behind us and we can look forward to some dry periods and sunshine.

"In days gone by the old people would always say that if you have hailstones and extremely cold weather in May, that you're in for a good summer of weather.

"The old people were never far wrong with their predictions and I'm hoping they're right and we will enjoy an extended good spell of sunshine." 

UPDATE:

Reddit user rross posted this snap of weather forecaster Evelyn Cusack online last night. She's as delighted as the rest of us...