Warmest month in 100 years as April showers stay away

WITH communion and confirmation season upon us and the Punchestown festival off and running many will be hoping the rest of this week and the month ahead can rival a near record April for sunshine.

While it wasn’t quite the warmest April on record nationwide, according to Met Éireann’s latest weather summary it was the warmest and sunniest on record at most weather stations.

At the long-term stations of Malin Head and Valentia Observatory it was the warmest April in over a century of record.