Mild Christmas set to continue, but rain will join in time for sales

It may be 70 years since Bing Crosby recorded ‘White Christmas’ but the Emerald Isle failed to turn white to mark the anniversary.

A top temperature of 10ºC was recorded at Valentia weather station in Kerry at one point on Christmas Day, with the 2.5ºC recorded at Knock Airport being the lowest on the day.

A week before Christmas, one bookmaker considered top temperatures of less than 5ºC most likely for Christmas Day, and offered 7/2 for anybody willing to wager it reaching from 8ºC to 11ºC.