{"id":545922,"date":"2026-07-12T13:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T13:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/545922\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T13:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T13:31:12","slug":"hottest-counties-in-ireland-revealed-as-new-warnings-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/545922\/","title":{"rendered":"Hottest counties in Ireland revealed as new warnings issued"},"content":{"rendered":"

Met \u00c9ireann has issued further heat warnings for several counties in Ireland this week as temperatures are set to remain at heatwave level.<\/p>\n

The national forecaster has pinpointed which counties will be the hottest over the coming days, with a record-long heatwave possibly on the cards.<\/p>\n

Warnings have already been issued about the piling pressure on Ireland\u2019s water supply<\/a>, with households being urged to cut back on usage as reservoirs struggle to keep up with soaring demand.<\/p>\n

\"\"Met \u00c9ireann has issued further heat warnings for several counties in Ireland this week. Pic: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Uisce \u00c9ireann has raised concerns that restrictions may become unavoidable if consumption continues at its current pace.<\/p>\n

Met \u00c9ireann previously issued a Status Yellow high temperature warning for 13 counties until 7am on Sunday, covering Carlow, Cork, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Longford, Meath, Offaly, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath and Wexford.<\/p>\n

However, further warnings<\/a> are now set to come into effect, mainly affecting the west of the country.<\/p>\n

\"Weather\"Eabha McCann, Sophie Doran and Thomas Hobbs making a splash at Burrow Beach in Dublin. Pic: Leah Farrell\/RollingNews.ie<\/p>\n

A new Status Yellow high temperature warning is for Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Galway and Mayo, coming into effect at 1pm on Monday and running until 7am on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Met \u00c9ireann has cautioned that maximum temperatures of over 27C are likely, along with overnight minimum temperatures of over 15C.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, another Yellow heat warning for Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Galway, Mayo, Kilkenny, Laois and Offaly came into effect at 1pm on Sunday and will end at 7am on Monday.<\/p>\n

\"Weather\"Further warnings<\/a> are now set to come into effect, mainly affecting the west of the country. Pic: Getty Images<\/p>\n

The prolonged heat<\/a> is expected to create uncomfortable sleeping conditions and increase the risk of heat-related illness, while authorities are also reminding people to take extra care around beaches, rivers and lakes.<\/p>\n

There are further concerns that the dry conditions could increase the danger of forest and vegetation fires.<\/p>\n

Uisce \u00c9ireann has also said that everyday activities such as watering gardens, filling paddling pools, washing cars, and power-hosing patios are placing significant strain on the network during peak periods.<\/p>\n

On the busiest days, reservoir levels have been falling by as much as 30million litres, highlighting the scale of demand and the need for people to conserve water wherever possible.<\/p>\n

The utility is urging the public to avoid unnecessary water use so supplies can be maintained throughout the continuing heatwave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Met \u00c9ireann has issued further heat warnings for several counties in Ireland this week as temperatures are set…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-545922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}