WE ASKED, YOU answered.

Temperatures today are going to be so high that Met Éireann has officially issued a weather warning.

Given that it’s taken so long for summer to finally get here, we asked readers to send in their photos of the sunshine around the country, and boy did you guys deliver. You lot seem to have been spending your time on beaches, eating ice-cream and just spending time outside drinking it all in, judging by your photos.

Here are some of the best shots we received on email, Twitter and Facebook which make Ireland look like an entirely different country in the sunshine. Good work, everyone.

Early morning sunshine

lambay Eoin Grimes of Skerries Sea Tours sent us this pic taken at 5am today on the way to Lambay Island. Best job in the world, he wrote. Skerries Sea Tours Skerries Sea Tours

slane Slane in Meath at 7 o'clock this morning Liams Taxi Liams Taxi

Sandymount in Dublin @marymcgui @marymcgui

cork It's Cork - or Costa Del Cork, as @Ms_F_Tutu put it - at 6.30am today. @Ms_F_Tutu @Ms_F_Tutu

lacket Lacken in Wicklow at 7am @jojowalsh @jojowalsh

Enniscorthy this morning @Kreuzieirl @Kreuzieirl

The Phoenix Park Eoin O'Neill Eoin O'Neill

By the sea

tramore Tramore in Waterford Kevin O'Sullivan Kevin O'Sullivan

Donna pic Oyster Haven in Cork Donna (via email) Donna (via email)

dun laoghaire The view right beside Dún Laoghaire pier Jill O'Herlihy Jill O'Herlihy

beach A beach near Kinsale in Cork David O'Mahony David O'Mahony

shannon Mike Clinton Mike Clinton

bray Bray seafront David Wilkins David Wilkins

The view from Bray Head David Wilkins David Wilkins

Tramore 2 Tramore in Waterford again Kevin O'Sullivan Kevin O'Sullivan

Ireland's Eye off the coast of north county Dublin Karl Larkin Karl Larkin

youghal The Strand at Youghal Eoin Flanagan Eoin Flanagan

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On the road

Waterford Bridge Donna (via email) Donna (via email)

Dublin city

The Four Courts in Dublin city Alan Roche Alan Roche

TCD People watch a cricket match at Trinity College Dublin on Tuesday evening David Lynch David Lynch

St Patrick's Cathedral @TartanWeegie @TartanWeegie

dublin city bridge Dublin city centre @paulbyrne92 @paulbyrne92

Dublin towers Dublin Bay from the Clontarf Road @kennedyirl @kennedyirl

The great outdoors

leixlip St Catherine's Park in Leixlip Emer McCormack Emer McCormack

leixlip 2 Another view of St Catherine's Park in Leixlip Emer McCormack Emer McCormack

stillorgan Birds eating in the sunshine Laura O'M Laura O'M

The sunset last night

unnamed (1) Sunset at Hollyhill in Cork city last night Alan Barry Alan Barry

dun laoghaire pier Dún Laoghaire pier @marymcgui @marymcgui

gareth pic The sunset over Dublin Bay last night @garethoconnor @garethoconnor

howth Howth in Dublin @NiamhPitts @NiamhPitts

kerry Sunset at Clogher in Kerry Florian Walsh Florian Walsh

Thanks so much to everyone who sent in pics. You’re all great.

Originally published 11.52am

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