Conversation about the weather, according to Oscar Wilde, "is the last refuge of the unimaginative".
Were we one day to take that little witticism to heart, the country would fall awkwardly silent.
Speaking of which, meteorological summer began in earnest on June 1st. The rains began to pour on June 2nd. Kind of typical Irish summer weather.
Happily, though, for sun worshippers, the month has turned out to be a bit of a scorcher - keeping mushroom houses at even temperature though may well have proved trickier this month.
