After a bright and mostly dry start to the Easter weekend today, Met Éireann has forecast more unsettled conditions with rain and drizzle expected on Easter Saturday and Sunday.
Today will remain bright across the West with decent spells of sunshine and high temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees.
Tonight will start dry and partly cloudy, but patches of drizzle are possible later in the night. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees are forecast in a light to moderate southeasterly breeze.
It will be mostly dry on Saturday in Galway, but it will become cloudier and breezier at times. Patches of light rain or drizzle are also possible, especially near the coast.
Highest temperatures will again be 12 to 15 degrees with a moderate to fresh southeasterly wind developing.
On Easter Sunday morning it will be cloudy across the West with outbreaks of rain and drizzle.
This will extend eastwards to the rest of the country through the day and the rain will turn heavier in the west and southwest.
It will be slightly cooler than previous days, with temperatures between 10 and 13 degrees in the afternoon with a moderate to fresh south to southeast wind.
Sunday night will see the cloud and rain clear eastwards, followed by clear spells and scattered showers.
Lowest temperatures will be 5 to 8 degrees in a light south to southwest wind.
On Easter Monday there will be widespread showers with some sunshine in between. Some of the showers will be heavy with hail and thunder possible.
