The consequences of sizzling summers

WITH temperatures hitting a sizzling 30º Celsius during the recent heat wave, we were given a taste of what summers will be like in Ireland as the 21st century progresses.

As climate change accelerates, experts are telling us most of the country will have drier, warmer summers.

While the heat will, undoubtedly, be welcome and future generations may no longer feel the need to travel abroad to feel the sun on their backs, it won’t be all sunshine, so to speak.