Met Éireann forecasts a mix of weather this weekend, starting with sunny spells today before heavy showers and possible thunderstorms develop later. Concert-goers and sports fans should bring rain gear, with temperatures between 14 to 17 degrees.
Tonight, scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue, becoming isolated in the west and north by morning, with lows of 6 to 9 degrees.
Sunday will see more sunny spells and scattered showers, some heavy and thundery, especially in the afternoon and evening. This could affect the All-Ireland hurling semi-final in Croke Park. Temperatures will again range from 14 to 17 degrees.
Sunday night will be drier, with clear spells and a few mist patches, and lows of 6 to 8 degrees.
Monday starts mainly dry with sunny spells, but rain and clouds will move in later. It will be warmer, with temperatures reaching 20 degrees, and lows at night between 12 to 14 degrees.
Tuesday will be warm at 20 degrees, with the best of any drier and brighter intervals in coastal areas.
Wednesday starts cloudy and damp, but brighter intervals will develop as the day goes on, with highs of 15 to 20 degrees.
Met Éireann indicates high pressure will bring drier and sunnier conditions from Thursday, with temperatures near average for the time of year.