We will continue to break these records as long as our global emissions continue to rise.
It's concerning that this has happened as El Nino continues to gather momentum and looks likely to be an extraordinary event.
Who knows what temperature records we could break by the end of the century.
Criodán Ó Murchú (he/him)
The previous May record for the island of Ireland was 28.4C, set at Ardfert, Co Kerry, on May 31, 1997
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