As Europe bakes in record heat, Ireland is forecast to soak in the rain

Meanwhile, according to Met Éireann, it has been much wetter than average in Ireland over the past seven days, with some areas up to 2.5 times as wet as they normally would be at this time of year. Picture: Andy Gibson.

Record temperatures of 35C experienced in parts of Spain in recent days are "hard to believe", while Ireland's seemingly incessant rainfall is showing no sign of easing.

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned that climate change is impacting all sorts of weather norms, including unseasonably high temperatures across Europe coming into the winter months.