Today is officially the hottest day ever recorded in Dublin, the Irish Observational Climatology has confirmed. 

The temperature in Phoenix Park has now provisionally reached 33°C - beating the previous record set in July 2006 when the temperature in Dublin hit 31.0°C. 

It is also Ireland’s second hottest on record - bested only by a sweltering day back in 1887 when the mercury in Kilkenny hit 33.5°C. 

Nationwide, it is Ireland’s second hottest on record and a yellow warning is in place across the country.

Main image: People buying ice creams of the ce cream man on Dollymount Beach, Dublin. Picture by: Photocall Ireland