Some warm sunny weather is set to return over the weekend, with Sunday the best for warmth and sunshine.

Met Eireann says there'll still be a few showers in eastern counties at first tomorrow, but otherwise it will be a dry day with good sunshine in most places.

Northerly winds will ease through the day and it will still be cool for the time of year with highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees.

Saturday will be a dry day with a mixture of cloud and sunny spells; winds will stay light and it will become reasonably mild by afternoon, with top temperatures around 16 degrees.

Another cold night inland on Saturday night though, with a touch of grass frost and some fog patches returning.

Patches of drizzle may still trouble Atlantic coastal fringes during Sunday but the rest of the country will stay dry with broken cloud; light to moderate, southwesterly breezes will set in and it will become fairly warm in the afternoon away from coastal margins of the south and west.

Warm sunny spells can be expected on Sunday with temperatures reaching a balmy 17 degrees.

On Sunday night, however, a band of rain will spread steadily eastwards across the country accompanied by freshening, southerly breezes.

Met Eireann is forecasting unsettled conditions will then persist for the rest of next week.

Anyone travelling to Britain for their Bank Holiday weekend can expect temperatures there to reach 19 degrees over the weekend.