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27th Apr 2016

PIC: This grim-looking graph explains why it’s so cold in Ireland this week

Conor Heneghan

And it’s not going to get much better either.

It might be the last week in April, but it sure hasn’t felt like it this week, with unseasonable spells of hail, snow and cold weather hitting parts of the country in the last couple of days.

Met Eireann have forecast that it’s going to be pretty much the same from now until after the Bank Holiday weekend and when you see the meteorological image below, you’ll have a good idea why.

It was tweeted by Joanna Donnelly – whose tribute to Prince on the news last week deservedly gained plenty of kudos – and paints a rather grim picture of what we can expect over the coming days.

https://twitter.com/JoannaDonnellyL/status/725258019056041984

And it was all looking so promising…

Don’t go breaking out the barbeque just yet.

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