Met Éireann reveals the five Irish locations that broke recent temperature records 

Temperatures hit 28C at Warren Beach in West Cork on Monday but the mercury rose far higher in five other spots as much of Ireland baked in this week's heatwave. Picture: Andy Gibson

Several high-temperature records have been broken in Ireland, in what has become a day for the meteorological history books.

While other parts of Europe endures extreme temperatures of over 40C, resulting in mass evacuations and drought, Ireland’s mercury reached 33.1C — the hottest it has been since 1887.