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WITH EXAM WEATHER in full swing, the weekend is shaping up to be another gorgeous couple of days.
The rest of today will remain dry and sunny, with possibly a few light showers in the northwest. It will be slightly cooler than the last few days, reaching a top temperature of 20 degrees.
Tomorrow is when the ball really gets rolling.
The country will bask in temperatures of 20 to 23 degrees, with some cooler spots along the Atlantic coast.
It may be cloudier in the west and north, with some possible drizzle along north and northwest coasts. Met Éireann says, however, it will be especially warm in the east and south of the country.
And get the factor 50 out of the back of the cupboard for Sunday, when temperatures could reach a high of 26 degrees in many areas.
On Sunday night it all comes to a close, as showery rain moves in from the west and northwest, becoming lighter and patchy as it moves eastwards. The rest of the week is set to get cooler and more unsettled, so get out and enjoy it while you can.
Stay safe
But be safe out there this weekend, if you choose to cool down by your nearest body of water.
Water Safety Ireland set out a list of recommendations for last weekend and CEO John Leech said these still apply.
Swimming at designated bathing areas is recommended, and if you don’t have one nearby, they recommend visiting their website for comprehensive advice.
Swim within your depth and ask for local knowledge to determine the best place to swim and any potential hazards.
Never use inflatable toys in open water, as it’s easy to be carried out to sea by wind and currents.
“The main thing is for casual swimmers to swim at a lifeguarded waterway,” said Leech.
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Daly booted, MacManus about to be booted, Wallace looking like holding. 2 out of 3 isn’t too bad. I’ll take that every day, and twice on Sundays. Thank you voters!
@honey badger: Mind you, he’s not safe yet. Do I dare to dream of the hat trick?
@honey badger:
We are not giving up on booting Wallace yet, it’s down to him or SF Function.
The independent also rans are been eliminated now, you would think Wallace should be getting away from Function but he isn’t.
With a SF running mate’s votes to be transferred along with other left wing candidates I’m hopeful that gombeen will be out.
The only time in my life I will ever be cheering for a SF candidate.
@P. J.: I think/hope it’ll make people more aware of what their MEPs are voting on and how. I only learned today that MacManus abstained on over 1200 EU votes. Wtf like?
@aYc221Lw: Delighted to see her gone. Hopefully Wallace will go too, and they can console each other.
@honey badger: If elected what can Ms Gildernew contribute except that she too is good at abstentionism. She is from NI and sectarian politics are not part of the Southern landscape.
@aYc221Lw: Showed her true side this evening. She lost all credibility years ago when she supported Wallace’s tax evasion, one rule for herself & Mick & another for everyone else. Just another mouthpiece that never delivered anything for the Irish people.
@honey badger: Maria walsh pushed a serious amount of propaganda to do with fellow farmers, but apparently she hasn’t turned up to any meetings on agriculture since she got in by the parish pump the first time. Carberry will be an even greater failure, hopefully she’ll just resign before long
SF seats in LE 2019 = 81. SF seats in LE 2024 = 101. SF have never ever had fantastic local election outcomes. Local councils can’t do anything about national issues and fill the potholes. Hopefully the slap will wake Mary Lou up because she’s has been hiding in a cave the last six month’s she’s been that quiet. Young people get out and vote next general election which is far more important or forever shut your mouths and keep paying that 2k rent to FF FG landlords when your 70.
Bigly lol
FFG got 50%. While your Extreme-Right parties you supported got 0.9% of first preference votes, and 0.2% of seats in the locals. Finn Barr hasn’t shown his patriot face!!!
@9QRixo8H: shut now, parrot, shut
@Duffman: Do you need a doll to show us where it hurts?
@9QRixo8H: FG have still consistently dropped in first preference votes over the last 20 or so years, good graph on another article on the journal. they dont offer anything to younger voters
Daly’s rebuke of the RTE interviewer isn’t about being a sore loser. It is her and Wallace’s constant attempt to frame anyone outside of their own bubble as being complicit in Western Imperialism (TM). Anyone who ignores justifies, defends gross wrong-doing and much worse (REGARDLESS of which part of the political spectrum they make their perch), while employing incoherent, emotive rhetoric against another nation/confederation has no integrity at all.
@Numinous20111: Daly and Wallace are much closer to the GOP than the genuine left, pacifists, or human rights defenders. I’m sure Daly will run for TD a.s.a.p. and most likely get elected sadly.
@Numinous20111: No matter now, she is just an ordinary citizen. No doubt she’ll attempt to return to the Dail, as he will , but I can’t see either getting elected.
They are simply loons who have done nothing for their voters or their country.
Theyll have lunch with Waters and the other weirdo and start another conspiracy…..
@Numinous20111: Both are bad representatives of the majority of Irish people. Both are bad role models for our youth. I cannot understand anyone voting for them unless for a laugh or they are anti-western.
@Numinous20111: We might not agree with her views or performance in Europe, but she is quite correct in her assessment of RTE.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: No, Daly is not right (in the specific context of her reply about RTE). RTE’s reputation is a separate matter. Daly’s default tactic is always to manufacture ‘credibility’ by implying a partisan perspective from any person or organisation that asks her relevant questions. She attempts to set the agenda in this way. The fact is she’s as transparent as Trump in this regard. I have never liked her and criticising her doesn’t mean I accept the political ‘status quo’. It just means she doesn’t have credibility and can’t hide that deficiency.
@Numinous20111: thats exactly how I feel for example about O Leary in fingal, he lost his seat before and has just been in politics way too long scraping in. In terms of Daly, I am definitely very let down by her as were many clearly. She did well as a local candidate but she became a sellout in Brussels & didn’t do a tap for Ireland. then again, neither did Frances Fitz do a tap
I don’t think SF’s Gidernew is out of the running yet.
There will be many counts before it gets to the serious eliminations – those of Blaney and then probably Aontu’s Tobin.
Transfers from McManus’ 30k vote tally could well propel Gildernew ahead of Mullooly.
But there are still a lot of eliminations to go before we reach that stage, with the possibility of a surprise here and there.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: I’d agree with that, a lot could still happen there and she should get a good chunk of McManus’s transfers.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: She said herself she wasn’t hopeful as transfers wouldn’t be enough.
No job now.
@The next small thing: Perhaps the biggest question – which might carry forward to the next GE – is where will the Aontu vote end up when Tobin is eliminated.
How much of the current Aontu vote is poached from Sinn Fein, and how much is new?
How much might return to SF when an Aontu candidate is eliminated?
But – unless that Aontu vote breaks nicely for SF – it now looks likely they might miss out on that 3rd EU seat.
2 FG seats, 1 FF out of a 5-seater, and Ming topping the poll. FFG may as well call a General while their support/results are at 50%.
@9QRixo8H: They’ll have their people chewing over the numbers for the next week or three.
Then they’ll make a decision.
The Clash comes to mind.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: Fine gaels popularity has collapsed in many parts of the country still especially in Donegal and North Dublin,the locals are just that locals. Hope they get buried in a general election the deceitful w***ers!
@Sean oSuilleabhain: Well that’s clearly not true, while it’s vote is slightly down it certainly hasn’t ” collapsed “.
For a government that polls have indicated were very unpopular their vote has held up.
SF’s vote has collapsed and the other fringe parties particularly left parties have held at very low levels or rose slightly.
Based on these figures expect FFG government to be returning and maybe just 2 but the Greens will have some say .
@9QRixo8H: 50% of a low turnout. No, Simon will want his 5 minutes of fame.
@Paul O’Mahoney: WRONG. Also you’re not remotely as moderate as you sound here, you were vicious before so get lost
I gave Michelle a strong number 2 after Ming!
@Alan Kennedy: What exactly is a ” strong number 2″ did you write it strongly ?
@Paul O’Mahoney: Maybe it wasn’t a vote.
@Paul O’Mahoney: Capitol number!
@Alan Kennedy: Lol.
@Alan Kennedy: did you bring out your number 2? nasty you should leave it inthe loo!
Very happy to see Cuffe lose his seat as he always came off as a champagne socialist to me. Happy enough to see Boylan elected. A huge defeat for democracy and the population that DON’T want the parish pump to thrive to see that Carberry AND Walsh look like gaining seats. Walsh has already been an atrocious public representative and manipulated fellow farmers to get on the gravy train
@Sean oSuilleabhain: All politics is local
What I noticed with nearly all those elected , very few thanked the voters for voting for them. A bit ungrateful if you ask me. None of the party leaders said thanks to the voters. A small thing but shows their attitude towards the ordinary voter
@did you every wonder: Well with almost 1000 local election seats did you want each one to be interviewed and hear thanks?
In a previous life I was involved in local politics the thanks usually happened in the local pub or community centre.
Only 1 MEP has been elected and he thanked his voters.
I think it’s crazy people celebrating the fact that far wrong independents took votes from established parties, just to get one up on sinn fein.
But I suppose as a few of them are ex fine Gail, shouldn’t be that surprised. We should all be more concerned at their rise in Europe. it seems people have forgotten the little man in the uniform with the moustache, came to power in very similar circumstances. There are no winners in this election. It’s a sad day for our little country to be anyway connected to this.
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