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Saturday 19 September 2020
Health experts have issued a warning to people in the UK to take care in the sun.
The outlook for the weekend is looking good, but we’re still set for some rain in the coming days.
Cliona Byrne, a body confidence coach says you can learn to feel good in a swimsuit regardless of your shape and size.
A quiz for a summer night.
There has been a major decline in the number of Irish students travelling to the US on a J1 visa.
Despite recent bursts of sunshine it took time for summer to arrive this year.
Summer can seem like a difficult time to be a parent, but it doesn’t need to be.
Sunday is set to be the warmest and sunniest day.
But the reprieve was not universal, with Germany measuring a record high temperature for June.
The heat has already claimed several lives, including a 17-year-old harvest worker in Spain and a 72-year-old homeless man in Italy.
How much heat can you handle?
Temperatures of up to 20 degrees are forecast for the next week.
There are still some rainy days ahead this week.
Samhradh comes with a sense of disappointment, rarely delivering on its promises of sunshine and gaiety, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
Early indications are predicting that Tuesday will be the nicest day of the week.
Met Eireann predicts that conditions will be warm and unsettled in the coming days.
The good summer continues.
Some showers next week could turn heavy or possibly thundery.
It’s definitely not for everyone.
While most have been enjoying the heatwave in recent weeks, it has had unexpected side-effects for emergency services.
It’ll be a bit of a mixed bag in the coming days, but temperatures are finally expected to drop.
Conditions are expected to remain warm but the weekend will be largely cloudy.
All it takes is a bit of TLC.
We could really get used to this summer business.
The organisation said it will take feedback from members on the suitability of the uniform.
Suns out hooves out.
Met Éireann has said that this weekend will see temperatures hit as high as 25 degrees.
People are being warned that their skin can still be damaged on cloudy days.
There have been a number of fatal road accidents in recent days.
My childhood summers were spent in Gweedore, writes Michelle McBride.
Here’s a round-up of the events taking place across Ireland over the weekend.
Test results are due tomorrow which could give the green light again to swimmers.
Met Éireann is forecasting showery weather throughout Ireland on Friday and over the weekend.
Temperatures of 26.1 degrees were recorded in some parts of the country today.
It will be dry in most areas.
These songs are guaranteed to put you in a sunny mood.
The Ireland boss is due to name his touring party next week.
Summer, where you at?!
It’s time for an annual debate.
It’s all fun and games until it becomes too hot to wear tights.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Breezy this morning; otherwise, clearing
Max: 14 °C
Min: 11 °C
Mostly sunny
Max: 16 °C
Min: 8 °C
Some sun; fog early in the day
Max: 20 °C
Min: 12 °C
