Padraig Harrington loving Dublin heatwave as Irish golf icon shares garden photo fans label ‘adorable'
THANKFULLY, the phrase "a dog's life" has the opposite meaning in the case of Padraig Harrington's pet Rio.
The Irish golf legend routinely
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He captioned the snap of the ten-month-old 'Rio enjoying the good weather'
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He adopted Rio after the sad death of his other Bernese Mountain dog Wilson
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The latest instance of this showcased Rio savouring the sunshine while lounging on a comfy wicker chair.
Rio looking the picture of contentment prompted a tonne of comments who were similarly beaming about it.
Julie McCarthy hailed: "He is adorable!" Meanwhile, Patrick McEntee added: "Good boy greetings from Bethpage" (the setting for September's Ryder Cup in New York).
Mark Kru branded Rio a "beautiful puppy" while Denis McDonald laughed: "Padraig your dogs have some life haha."
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All of Ireland is
And the scorcher will leave Ireland hotter than the
Today "very warm sunshine" is set to hit with 26C expected in some areas across the country.
Meteorologist Cathal Nolan from Ireland's
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He said: "Temperatures are on the rise right the way across the country today, with values by this afternoon reaching up to 25C over the southern half of the country where skies will clear early and long spells of warm summer sunshine develop.
"Temperatures will continue to climb tomorrow with long spells of sunshine developing once again after some initial cloud in a few spots.
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"Friday remains warm or very warm with highs again reaching up to 27C or possibly 28C in one or two favoured locations with plenty of sunshine developing once again across the country."
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They predicted: "Friday, will be a very warm or hot day overall, dry with spells of high
"Pretty humid as well with top values of 20C to 29C in mostly moderate southeast breezes with the hottest conditions likely towards the north of Ireland."
Saturday will bring some warm sunshine but also a scattering of heavy showers, mostly across the western half of the country.
Highs of 23C to 24C are expected but there's also the risk of the showery spells of rain.
Met Eireann added: "Winds change though on Sunday with fresher breezier conditions with showery spells of rain.
"Some heavy bursts here and there with top values of 15C to 20C with best values towards the east and that comes with brisk westerly winds.
"And early next week bringing similar conditions with sunny spells and scattered blustery showers for Monday and Tuesday.
"And possibly wet weather following for Wednesday and Thursday to though brief and misty foggy start, but with warm sunshine developing widely."
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