Forecasters brand summer ‘a stinker’

IRELAND’S awful summer has seen the worst top temperatures for almost 50 years and the coldest August for two decades with forecasters writing off the rest of the summer they branded a “stinker”.

Weather forecasters said the country had endured a “downright atrocious” summer, with below-average temperatures for two-and-a-half months and more cool days and rain to come before autumn sweeps in next month.

Few people would disagree with the experts, with the weekend’s cool temperatures peaking at 14C to 18C amid showers and more of the same all this week.