300 deaths linked to Irish heatwaves over past 30 years, survey reveals

A study from Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) has confirmed two things we’ve long known about Ireland and the Irish.

Number one, we can’t take the heat, and number two, any Irish summer’s day in the mid to high-20s is considered a heatwave.

Research by DIT has shown that Ireland has had seven official heatwaves over the past 30 years and up to 294 deaths are believed to have been linked to them.