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Homeowners are being urged to avoid using paddling pools and to take shorter showers as temperatures are forecast to soar up to 30 degrees this week.
Irish Water has put night time restrictions in place in some areas of the country in an effort to replenish water reservoirs.
A high temperature advisory, issued by Met Eireann, is in place until Friday.