Forget weather apps: Anyone can forecast an Irish summer

WE are obsessed with the weather. On this damp, soggy, little island outpost of Western Europe, on the edge of the North Atlantic ocean, our lives are more complicated than they should be, thanks to our transient, dysfunctional weather. Venturing forth of a morning requires advance preparation .

My daughter was home on holidays from Perth, in Australia, last summer. She had forgotten about our weather. She had forgotten that just because the sun is in a blue sky at 9am doesn’t mean it will stay there.