We're hottest in the country

MAYO is the hottest place in Ireland today.

The lunchtime weather report from Met Éireann shows Belmullet and Newport as having the country's highest temperature at 16 degrees.

Claremorris is close behind on 15 degrees, with Knock airport coolest at 14, as of 12 noon.

Temperatures elsewhere are down by a few degrees - it's a cool 10 degrees at the weather station in Johnstown Castle.

The forecast is for plenty of dry weather into next week, with the best of the weekend sunshine in the west.