Met Éireann is warning of flooding in coastal areas this morning.

Met Éireann has confirmed today as the hottest day of the year.

With winterish temperatures persisting at night orders of home heating oil and coal are continuing long after they normally would.

Met Eireann has issued a weather warning as gale force winds reaching up to 110 kilometres per hour will lash some parts of the country today.

There is an orange weather warning for the North, and a yellow warning for Dublin for this evening.

Despite the bookies predictions it is looking less likely that Ireland will see a white Christmas this year.

Temperatures have hit a recording-breaking high for the month of May.

Pedestrians and cyclists are being urged to take extreme care this morning as high winds continue throughout the country.

THERE is to be a respite, albeit temporary, from the wet and cold weather experienced by much of the country recently with temperatures likely to peak at 25C in the coming days.