Met Éireann confirms Sunday as hottest day of the year with temperatures reaching over 20C

Summer-like scenes on Inch Strand in County Kerry, as people make the best of a break in the recent bad weather to take advantage of sun, sea, sand, waves and mountains on the Wild Atlantic Way. Photo: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Met Éireann has confirmed that Sunday was the hottest day of the year so far, with mercury highs of over 20C recorded in three separate locations across the country.

The highest temperature of 21.3C was recorded in Met Éireann's weather station located in Mount Dillon, Co Roscommon.