Warnings as temperatures set to reach hottest perhaps ever in Ireland

Temperatures are predicted to reach record levels in the west and north west today.

As the heatwave continues, Met Eireann is predicting it could be hotter than 30-degrees.

And with that has come numerous warnings about a variety of dangers, from sunburn to drowning, from forest fires to melting tar on the roads.

Claire Mulcahy reports:

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