Wildfires 'Ireland's new normal' as firefighters continue to tackle Slievenamon blaze

Wildfires and drought will be embedded in a normal Irish summer as climate change intensifies, experts have warned, as firefighters spent a fourth day battling a major blaze in Co Tipperary, with the smell of smoke reported as far away as Cork City.

Tipperary Fire and Rescue Service has been tackling the blaze near Clonmel since it broke out on Monday, supported by air corps helicopters dropping water on the flames.

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