The average temperature in August was 16.83 degrees, with rainfall below average in most locations. It was the warmest month so far in 2025.

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It comes as his Coalition leader in Fianna Fáil has pledged to reduce inheritance tax to 25 per cent and raise the thresholds for paying it.

Over the four days between Friday and Monday, around 234,000 passengers are set to depart the airport with close to 238,000 arrivals expected

The princess is expecting a brother or sister for son August, who turns two next month.

Married women will be able to enter the festival, as well as transgender women and the maximum age for entries will be raised to 29.

Parts of the country could see temperatures of 31 degrees today, as Ireland experiences what is likely to be the final heatwave of the summer.