Rain may be in Spain but Ireland is set to bask in sunshine

Dolores and Michael Healy from Waterfall in Cork enjoying the fine weather at Garrettstown on Sunday. Met Éireann predicts the return to summer weather will continue for part of this week. Picture: David Creedon

Just two weeks after Storm Betty, and just days after schools reopened, summer has returned with one last blast of sunshine with temperatures set to hit 27C early this week.

With intense rain expected in parts of Spain, where red rainfall warning are in place around Madrid, La Mancha and Toledo, Ireland was basking in glorious early Autumn sunshine on Sunday, with highs of 23C recorded in the south.