Ireland's climate is wetter and hotter, with sea levels rising and oceans becoming warmer

The annual rainfall in Ireland has been higher 6% from 1989 to 2018, compared to 1961 and 1990.

The evidence is clear and incontrovertible - global warming has resulted in Ireland’s climate becoming warmer and wetter, with 15 of the top 20 warmest years on record occurring since 1990, while the decade 2006 to 2015 was the wettest on record.

That is according to the findings of a major new report from three agencies in Ireland, which examined long-term observations of Irish climate patterns.