Wettest summer in half a century

AS if anyone needed to be reminded, the country suffered its wettest summer for 50 years, according to figures released yesterday by the met service.

Sunshine hours of between 70 and 110 last month were more typical of October, the Met Éireann weather report said.

Weather stations throughout the country reported more than twice the average amount of rain, mainly the south and east, during the month of August.