Julie Jay: I’ve finally bought a clothes dryer after 817 consecutive days of rain

We have invested in a dryer and I might never leave the house again

Julie Jay: "The sooner we accept that in Ireland wet weather and wet clothes are the marriage most likely to end in irreconcilable differences, the better." Picture: iStock

This week, treacherous floods hit Dubai, proving there is no escape from the rain.

Yes, my meteorological knowledge begins and ends at my star sign (Sagittarius, if you must know), but I think it’s safe to say something is wrong when even people living in the desert are googling holidays in the sun.