Met Éireann pinpoints exactly when rain will return after glorious sunshine
The sunshine and good weather is set to continue for a number of days, but rain will return at some stage
The glorious weather of the last two days is forecast to continue through Monday with a largely dry week expected, although it has been indicated exactly when showers will return.
The high temperatures and rainless days have given a rare opportunity for some outdoor leisure after months of rain.
Highest temperatures of 12 to 18 degrees are forecast for Monday, with it coolest in the north and mildest in the south with moderate northerly breezes.
Tonight will be mainly dry and mostly cloudy with a little patchy drizzle and mist. Clearer conditions will develop in Ulster and Leinster towards morning, Lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees with light north to northwest breezes.
Tuesday will start off with a fair amount of cloud in Connacht and Munster and perhaps a little drizzle. Sunnier weather in Leinster and Ulster will extend to most areas by noon and will continue for the rest of the day. Highest temperatures of 11 to 16 degrees with moderate northerly breezes.
It will be sunny for the rest of the week, with some isolated drizzle.
However, rainfall is predicted to return on Sunday.
Met Éireann describes the weekend forecast as "uncertain" as the same models show an accumulation of thick bands of precipitation over the country on Saturday and Sunday.