ALERT: Irish weather forecast for the coming week from MET Éireann is in...
MET Éireann has given its Irish weather forecast for the next few days
Rather cloudy Monday, with patchy drizzle in parts.
Mist in places too, gradually clearing and becoming confined to hills in the afternoon.
Some limited bright or sunny intervals will develop as the day goes on. Highest temperatures 14 to 20 degrees, warmest in the south, in a light to moderate westerly breeze.
Mostly cloudy Monday night with just limited clear spells early on.
Patchy mist and drizzle at first with more persistent spells of rain and drizzle spreading from the west and northwest overnight.
Lowest temperatures 9 to 12 degrees in light to moderate west to southwest winds, freshening along western and northwestern coasts overnight.
Mostly cloudy and damp or wet to begin Tuesday with outbreaks of rain and drizzle clearing southeastwards through the morning and early afternoon.
A mix of sunshine and showers will follow, some of the showers possibly heavy in parts of north Ulster.
Highest temperatures 13 to 17 degrees, and feeling a good bit cooler as the winds veer northwest and increase moderate to fresh and gusty with the clearance of the rain.
Dry and clear for much of the country Tuesday night, it will be cloudier in northern and western parts with scattered showers. Lowest temperatures 5 to 7 degrees in easing west to northwest winds.
A much cooler day on Wednesday with sunny spells and scattered showers, most frequent in the north.
Highest temperatures 11 to 15 degrees in moderate westerly winds, fresher near western and northern coasts.
Wednesday night will be mainly dry with clear spells and isolated showers on north and west coasts. Lowest temperatures 5 to 7 degrees in light to moderate westerly winds.
Sunny spells and showers on Thursday, most frequent in the north and west. Highest temperatures 12 to 15 degrees in mostly moderate westerly winds.
Showers or more persistent rain in the north on Friday with the best of any dry or sunny weather in the south. Highest temperatures 15 to 18 degrees in moderate to fresh westerly winds.
Current indications suggest little change for next weekend with temperatures continuing around normal for the time of year and with some sunshine at times with mainly westerly winds.