Costa del Cork: Rebel county was Ireland's sunniest during August

The weather station at Cork Airport recorded an overall monthly total of 164.3 hours of sunshine in August

Sunshine at the Front Strand, Youghal, Co Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane

When the sun decides to come out down south, Corkonians have a tendency to lovingly refer to their home county as the 'Costa del Cork'.

Now, at least for the time being, it seems there is some official evidence to back that up, as Cork was officially the county with the highest levels of sunshine last month, according to a new report from Met Éireann.