On this edition of news2day - Poetry Day, a heat dome in Europe and more!
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Tomorrow is Poetry Day, an island-wide celebration of poetry and writing, and to get prepared, pupils pulled out their pens and pencils in Paradise Place Educate Together in Dublin, taking part in a workshop and poetry performance. So Cathal headed down to check it all out!
Click here to download Poetry Day resources.
A yellow weather warning remains in place for eight counties as Met Éireann predicts temperatures could reach 31 degrees today.
The hot spell here and over Western Europe has been due to something called a heat dome and to explain what that's all about. Florence and Cathal were joined in studio by our Environment Correspondent George Lee.
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