Met Éireann is predicting outbreaks of rain and drizzle over the weekend

SATURDAY: A cold start but a mostly dry morning. There will be some early sunny spells, too, but clouds will push in from the west during the afternoon. Patchy drizzle will develop later with the highest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees. Light winds will become a more moderate southeasterly later.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Clouds will continue pushing in from the west, but it will stay mostly dry early at night. Feeling rather cool, too, with temperatures falling to 1 to 5 degrees and patchy frost across Leinster. Staying milder further west with light winds. Mist and fog patches also.

SUNDAY: A cold but cloudy morning with outbreaks of rain and drizzle across western counties will gradually spread east but then break up in the afternoon. A touch milder too, with highs of 7 to 11 degrees in light to moderate southeast winds.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Later in the night, patchy rain and drizzle will move away to the south, with clear spells developing from the north. There will be some mist and fog patches as winds fall light overnight with the lowest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees.