THIS WEATHER IS, frankly, ridiculous. It’s April on Monday, and there’s snow on the ground in many parts of the country.
Living in a snow globe is all well and good in December when there are twinkly lights and festive decorations around the place, but at this time of year it’s a different story.
We were struggling to remember what last Spring was like, so we checked the photo archives.
Ladies and gentleman, we give you this week last year.
Photographers were getting girls in the park to lie with their sunglassed heads in a circle
Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
Kids were diving off everything they could dive off of
Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland
Protesters were in short sleeves
Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland
Children were building sand castles
Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
Dogs were having the craic on the beach
Photocall Ireland
Fields were blossoming
Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Men were swimming without fear of hypothermia
Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
Dublin’s smokestacks were hazy and people were doing watersports
Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland
Young people were forced to pose awkwardly in bikinis and swimming trunks
Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
People were probably saying ‘Jays, it’s nearly TOO hot.’
Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
People were lolling about in the sun. LOLLING! Look at them!
Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
Alas, the warmth of the sun is but a distant memory now. Something we’ll likely never feel again.
