Some beautiful weather last week gave people hope that the spate of bad weather that blasted Ireland throughout March and some of April was long finished and temperatures were set to climb.
While it has steadily been getting warmer, hopes for a Bank Holiday weekend in the sun may be derailed as Met Eireann has forecast a week dominated by "patchy rain" and "scattered showers".
However, there is still hope of a chance to get out and about over the Bank Holiday weekend with the national forecaster having said there will be some "sunny spells" from Friday onwards mixed with some scattered showers. Here is Met Eireann’s forecast for the week ahead:
