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Does warm weather affect your sleep?

With high temperatures expected this weekend, Met Éireann has warned that our sleep may be disrupted.

IT’S SET TO be a hot weekend ahead, with Saturday expected to reach highs of up to 29 degrees.

However, with warm weather often comes the risk of sleepless nights filled with tossing, turning, blanket throwing and general discomfort. The joys of it all.

Met Éireann has warned that “an uncomfortable night for sleeping” may be coming our way, with higher temperatures expected to make it difficult to stay cool and comfortable overnight.

So, tell us: Does warm weather affect your sleep?


Poll Results:

Yes – it makes it harder to get a full night's rest (4236)
Sometimes (1426)
No – it doesn't bother me (909)
I actually sleep better when it's warm (152)

 

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    Mute Alan Kennedy
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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:24 AM

    Not after a hape of caaaaans!

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    Mute Pat Barry
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    Jul 10th 2025, 7:35 PM

    @Alan Kennedy: Too many cans and you can’t.

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    Mute J Ven
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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:31 AM

    I’d rather be warm, open the windows and get used to it than sleeping in a freezing cold

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    Mute Mary Linton
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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:21 AM

    Nope…..a clear consciousness & a tasty mug of cocoa around midnight & I’m out like a little babe

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    Mute Lance Taylor
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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:30 AM

    @Mary Linton: it is too hot for cocoa woman. Perhaps some milk instead is more suitable for this heat

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    Mute Brendan O'Brien
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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:39 AM

    @Mary/Lance: Stop talking to yourself. And the word you’re looking for is ‘conscience’.

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    Mute Lance Taylor
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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:51 AM

    @Brendan O’Brien: can someone please remove this account? I am sick of the constant poison it spouts!!

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    Mute Tricia G28
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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:53 AM

    @Lance Taylor: Oh, to have all your multiple personalities removed would DRAMATICALLY improve this entire comment section.

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    Mute Lance Taylor
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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:00 AM

    @Tricia G28: you have me confused with someone else dear

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    Mute Brendan O'Brien
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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:03 AM

    @Tricia G28: There is no will on the Journal’s part to deal with the problem.

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    Mute Lance Taylor
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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:08 AM

    @Brendan O’Brien: as soon as your poisonous account is removed or blocked then I can enjoy reading the lovely comments again. Your trolling ruins this site.

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    Jul 10th 2025, 12:20 PM

    @Lance Taylor: I agree. Brendan is a far left toxic troll. I hope he is removed and cancelled permanently ASAP

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    Jul 10th 2025, 1:18 PM

    @Des Daly: hopefully he is gone soon I reported 107 f his comments yesterday! It shows how prevalent his trolling is

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    Jul 10th 2025, 5:45 PM

    @Mary Linton: the worst people have a clear conscience

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    Mute Be Lucky
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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:32 AM

    The government and the current undocumented and untraceable keep us more even more so since the birth of our baby girl.

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    Mute Brendan O'Brien
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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:40 AM

    @Be Lucky: Seek help for your paranoia.

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    Mute Tricia G28
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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:48 AM

    @Be Lucky: Climate Change should be a bigger worry for anyone that brought children into this world.

    You’re worrying about the wrong things.

    Well, if you were genuine and not a troll.

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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:13 AM

    @Tricia G28: yes that to & how governments are manipulating our weather which is fact and can be found on many official gov websites.

    I m not worry about the wrong things I am mixed race but born & breed in Ireland with Irish values. But how my family from outside Ireland where many of our new comers come from their views towards women even their own female children / sisters cousins etc… is sickening. If they do those things in their homelands within their laws imagine what can here without ID look at the uk & other countries in the eu.

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    Mute Brendan O'Brien
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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:18 AM

    @Be Lucky: Your solution to what you see as oppression of women is to bar those women from coming to Ireland?

    How will that help anyone?

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    Mute JoeJoe Kilbride
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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:43 AM

    @Be Lucky: judging from your comments here your views are the very antithesis of Irish values.

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    Jul 10th 2025, 2:22 PM

    @JoeJoe Kilbride: my mother in law is from a family of 8. She met her father when he was realesed by the Germans. If Vlad agrees to put his nuclear willy back in his pants, Europe would destroy him.
    Irish values depend on what Irish person you are talking to.

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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:30 AM

    Depends what you call “warm”. 25-28C is OK for me. Beyond 30C requires a couple of nights of adapting, but we seldom get that in Ireland

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    Jul 10th 2025, 12:12 PM

    @Jerry LeFrog: prolonged nighttime temperatures of 30c and over is actually quite dangerous, the body cannot cool and babies, the young and elderly in particular can suffer from heat related issues

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    Jul 10th 2025, 12:24 PM

    @JoeJoe Kilbride: you’re quite right, though I meant daytime temps.

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    Mute Tricia G28
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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:41 AM

    Times like this I miss A/C

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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:01 AM

    @Tricia G28: I am getting air conditioning installed and I suggest you do too. The heat is becoming unbearable

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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:30 AM

    @Lance Taylor: You’re getting air conditioning installed for the 3 nights a year it’s warm in this country? Would you not just open a window those nights?

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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:34 AM

    @Stephen Heffernan: 3 months of extreme heat more like

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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:35 AM

    @Stephen Heffernan: He’s a troll looking for a reaction.

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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:57 AM

    @Brendan O’Brien: yes you are creepo!!

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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:58 AM

    @Lance Taylor: Dates, please.

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    Jul 10th 2025, 1:18 PM

    @Lance Taylor: i bought a second-hand portable one for 200 euros. Best summer investment ever.

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    Jul 10th 2025, 2:07 PM

    @Derek Moran: is this Dyson make? I heard they are brilliant but that’s a pretty penny for SECOND HAND!!!!

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    Jul 10th 2025, 4:57 PM

    @Tricia G28: Ceiling fan in the bedroom set at full blast and a tower fan at the bottom of the bed – sorted

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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:20 AM

    Me wife gets extra juicy during heatwaves, apparently it’s a scientific fact, so it does effect my sleep, but not in a bad way.

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    Jul 10th 2025, 11:01 AM

    Swig of Night Nurse does the trick

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    Jul 10th 2025, 12:24 PM

    Pop quiz. Ireland is experiencing hot weather at the moment 24-28 degrees. Is this heat caused by (A) climate change or (B) it’s simply summer (no different than I experienced as a kid in the early 80’s) . Please vote and expose your indoctrination level and susceptibility to constant brainwashing & propaganda

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    Mute Brendan O'Brien
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    Jul 10th 2025, 12:29 PM

    @Des Daly: 1. Temperatures in Ireland are normal for the time of year.

    2. Climate change is a real thing, and a serious problem, which much of the continent of Europe has been experiencing recently.

    Both of these statements can be true. Both *are* true.

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    Jul 10th 2025, 1:48 PM

    @Tarquin Donovan: I stayed away from the poison jab myself. That’s only for weak minded like you

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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:46 AM

    Doesn’t bother me,Ive a great way of lying

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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:09 AM

    Not in the winter

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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:41 AM

    @John Kenny: nah for me it doesn’t matter. My head needs to be cool and my body warm for ideal sleep conditions.

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    Jul 10th 2025, 6:33 PM

    Got a tip today to stay cool. Fill hot water bottle with COLD water. Put it in freezer for a while before bed. Then take it to bed to help keep cool.Worth a try.

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    Mute Johnny King
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    Jul 10th 2025, 12:48 PM

    Got a tower fan in lidl for €25.Sorted

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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:35 AM

    Actually Rain droplets sound affect minds! And people mental health ,pushing majority to hide inside drinking .

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    Mute Richard Barrett
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    Jul 10th 2025, 10:52 PM

    I haven’t found it too bad recently.

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