Met Éireann is predicting a mild, windy weekend with outbreaks of rain ahead of Christmas

SATURDAY: Mild, cloudy and breezy tomorrow with a fresh westerly wind. Outbreaks of rain and drizzle will become more widespread and persistent by evening, heavy at times. Highest temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Wet and windy with strong and gusty westerly winds and widespread rain, heavy at times. Staying very mild with overnight lows of 8 to 11 degrees.

SUNDAY: Continuing wet and rather windy with outbreaks of rain for all areas but particularly heavy at times in the west and north. Rather, fresh southwesterly winds will persist through the day with highs of 11 to 13 degrees.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. There will be some dry weather later in the night, mainly in the midlands, with patchy drizzle persisting around coastal areas. The southwest winds will ease a little, with lows a little cooler than recently of 6 to 9 degrees.