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The Irish Sun
5 days ago
- Climate
- The Irish Sun
Met Eireann confirm 25C heat for DAYS as 6 counties hit with 22-hr thunderstorm warnings & forecast pinpoints temp drop
Some areas could be hit harder by rain than others over the next few days FEELING HOT Met Eireann confirm 25C heat for DAYS as 6 counties hit with 22-hr thunderstorm warnings & forecast pinpoints temp drop MULTIPLE counties remain under a 22-hour Status Yellow warning today as thunderstorms threaten to strike down. Met Eireann confirmed that temperatures will soar to 25C every day until at least Monday, as Ireland basks in a mini-heatwave. 4 Cristina, Hava, Lucas, Aria and Osman enjoying the nice weather at Seapark Beach in Holywood, Co Down Credit: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press 4 The temperatures will continue to blast Ireland for days Credit: Meteologix But the weather forecaster pinpointed when the temperatures will slip back to near normal values. Met Eireann confirmed today will be cloudy with scattered showers, some of them heavy, to begin today. The showers will become increasingly confined to the midlands, north and east this afternoon and it will tend to brighten up with "longer sunny breaks developing" as the day goes on. Ireland will continue to bask in warm temperatures, but they will be slightly lower than previous days between 19C and 25C. Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry have been under a Status Yellow thunderstorm warning since midnight and will remain on alert until 10pm tonight. The UK Met Office said: "Whilst some places will remain dry, heavy showers and thunderstorms could cause disruption on Thursday" Any remaining showers in the northeast will die out early tonight and it will be a dry night nationwide under long clear spells and lowest temperatures of 10C to 14C. Tomorrow, Friday, will be "largely dry" with "long spells of sunshine" once early mist and fog patches clear. Met Eireann said there is a chance of an "odd light shower" in the west and north. 'First hurricane of the season' edges closer to the US - see Tropical Storm Erin's path as winds already reach 45 mph However, weather bosses have confirmed that it will remain hot with highest temperatures between 20C and 26C. Friday night will be largely dry with long clear breaks and a few patches of mist and fog forming around dawn. Isolated showers may develop near the southwest coast overnight and temperatures will be at their lowest between 10C and 14C. And looking further ahead, Met Eireann said: "Mild and humid conditions look set to persist." HOTTEST AREAS TEMPERATURES peaked at 25.9C yesterday, with the highest temperatures recorded at the weather station in Dublin's Phoenix Park. The following are the rest of the top temperatures recorded yesterday: Oak Park, Carlow - 25.6C Dublin Airport, Dublin - 25.2C Grange, Dunsany, Co Meath - 25.1C Casement, Co Dublin 25C Ballyhaise, Co Cavan - 24.8C Mullingar, Co Westmeath - 24.7C Claremorris, Co Mayo - 24.6C Mount Dillon, Co Roscommon - 24.3C Gurteen, Co Tipperary - 24.1C Shannon Airport, Co Clare - 24C Met Eireann confirmed "many places will be dry" on Saturday, with spells of sunshine and slightly breezier conditions and thicker cloud in Munster. There will be a few scattered showers here that will edge out northeastwards over parts of Connacht and southwest Leinster. Temperatures will peak between 21C and 26C, with Met Eireann confirming Saturday night will be "very mild and muggy" with temperatures no lower than 14C and 17C. Met Eireann said Sunday will start out "dry and mostly sunny" but scattered showers will push in from the southwest during the morning. The weather chiefs warned some of these showers could turn heavy with "thundery downpours possible" during the afternoon and evening. MORE THUNDERY SHOWERS Temperatures will peak between 19C to 25C on both Sunday and Monday, which is forecast to bring a mix of warm sunny spells and scattered showers. Met Eireann confirmed temperatures will continue "milder than average" with a mix of sunny spells and showers. And the weather boffins confirmed that the warm weather looks set to continue dominating until later next week. Looking towards conditions between August 18 and 24, Met Eireann said: "Indicating high pressure largely dominating our weather though low pressure may move in at times, specially from midweek. "Mean air temperatures will be warm or very warm early though likely to slip back to more near normal values later. "Some thundery showers may spark off during the first half of the week, despite the dominance of high pressure." 4 People cool off diving into the slip at Clontarf in Dublin Credit: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Straits Times
19-06-2025
- Business
- Straits Times
Nine EU countries call for talks on ending trade with Israeli settlements
FILE PHOTO: Hava pushes her daughter Yahav in a pram near their home in the Jewish settlement of Givat Haroeh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 25, 2023. REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg/File Photo Nine EU countries call for talks on ending trade with Israeli settlements BRUSSELS - Nine European Union countries have called on the European Commission to come up with proposals on how to discontinue EU trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday. The letter, addressed to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, was signed by foreign ministers from Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. The EU is Israel's biggest trading partner, accounting about a third of its total goods trade. Two-way goods trade between the bloc and Israel stood at 42.6 billion euros ($48.91 billion) last year, though it was unclear how much of that trade involved settlements. The ministers pointed to a July 2024 advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice, which said Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and settlements there are illegal. It said states should take steps to prevent trade or investment relations that help maintain the situation. "We have not seen a proposal to initiate discussions on how to effectively discontinue trade of goods and services with the illegal settlements," the ministers wrote. "We need the European Commission to develop proposals for concrete measures to ensure compliance by the Union with the obligations identified by the Court," they added. Israel's diplomatic mission to the EU did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said Europe must ensure trade policy is in line with international law. "Trade cannot be disconnected from our legal and moral responsibilities," the minister said in a statement to Reuters. "This is about ensuring that EU policies do not contribute, directly or indirectly, to the perpetuation of an illegal situation," he said. The ministers' letter comes ahead of a meeting in Brussels on June 23 where EU foreign ministers are set to discuss the bloc's relationship with Israel. Ministers are expected to receive an assessment on whether Israel is complying with a human rights clause in a pact governing its political and economic ties with Europe, after the bloc decided to review Israel's adherence to the agreement due to the situation in Gaza. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
