We can look forward to a warm weekend, Met Éireann say

Temperatures as high as 26 degrees are expected at the weekend, according to Met Éireann.

FRIDAY: Dry, warm and sunny in Leinster and Munster. Cloudier and cooler in Connacht and Ulster, with scattered showers, mainly near northern and western coasts at first but extending further inland later in the day.

Highest temperatures generally of 20 to 26 degrees, warmest in Leinster and Munster, but temperatures only reaching the mid-teens near the west and northwest coast. Light to moderate south to southwest winds, veering west to northwest later.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Cloud and isolated light rain will move southeastwards across the country on Friday night. Lowest temperatures of 9 to13 degrees in a light to moderate west to northwest wind.

SATURDAY: Cloud and patchy light rain will clear from the south and southeast on Saturday morning. For the rest of the day there will be sunny spells and just a few showers in the west and northwest. Breezy with a moderate to fresh and blustery northwesterly wind. Highest temperatures of 13 to 17 degrees.

SUNDAY: It looks like Sunday will be mostly dry with a moderate northwesterly wind. Best of the sunshine in the southeast with temperatures reaching the low twenties, but cooler and cloudier elsewhere.