Freezing weather over next few days with things set to turn worse after weekend
Met Éireann has forecast frost and fog for the next few days with sunny spells turning to showers and heavier rain on Sunday
Temperatures are forecast to plunge below freezing over the next few nights, resulting in mist and fog in many areas, but there are signs that fine weather will return for the upcoming bank holiday.
There will be a mix of sunny spells and showers this weekend before heavier rain moves in from the west on Sunday night and looks likely to persist into the early days of next week.
Sunday will see scattered showers easing for a time with cloud continuing to increase from the Atlantic overnight.
Outbreaks of rain will develop in the west and spread eastwards over Sunday night, into Monday morning.
Some locally heavy falls on higher ground in the west and southwest.
Light to moderate winds backing southerly with lowest air temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees. Occasional mist is also forecast.