Dull, warm but wet as summer weather fails to shine again

DULL, warm but very wet was the weather verdict for July, as the latest Met Éireann weather summary shows last month was one of the wettest on record in some areas.

After a promising June, last month was a return to the summer weather long suffering Irish people are becoming accustomed to.

Rainfall totals for July were above normal everywhere and were more than twice the national average in some places.