The country is in for a week of spring sunshine, and today is expected to be the warmest day of the year so far.
The rest of the week is expected to have similar weather, according to Met Éireann.
“It’s going to be another dry day with plenty of sunshine, a little warmer generally, with highs of 14C to 19C,” Met Éireann forecaster Aoife Kealy said.
However, if you’re in the east there will be some wind, and the breezes will be a little cool.
“Throughout much of the working week, it is going to continue dry, with plenty of sunshine and daytime temperatures, gradually increasing,” Ms Kealy said.
“But it is still going to be quite chilly during the night.”
Met Éireann forecaster Deirdre Lowe said: “There’s little change really for Tuesday and Wednesday, remaining dry, with virtually unbroken sunshine highs of 14C to 18C, with light, variable or easterly breezes.
“It’s still chilly enough during the nights, with some garden frost and a few mist and fog patches.
“The latter part of the week ahead will remain dry and it will become warmer with temperatures by Friday, widely in the high teens.”
While you can probably ditch the winter coat for a spring jacket, you might want to keep a warm sweater close by, as nights will remain cold throughout the week.
Met Éireann’s Extended Range Forecast stated this week’s weather is “milder than the climatological normal, with the highest temperatures forecast in western areas”.
However, there is not such good news in store for the Easter holidays.
The extended forecast notes that from next week, the weather is “likely to start to become a little more changeable and unsettled, with low pressure to the south-east starting to influence conditions”.
“It’ll be a little wetter than normal in the east, but it’ll continue drier than normal further west. Temperatures will drop and be closer to average,” it said.
Yesterday, people gathered in parks and on beaches across the country to soak up the sunshine. Swimmers gathered at the Forty Foot in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin.
Temperatures reached 18C in Belmullet, Claremorris and Newport in Co Mayo. While Roches Point in Clare had the lowest temperature at 11C.
The HSE has reminded people to wear sunscreen during the period of good weather.
“Skin damage doesn’t just happen on holiday in hot, sunny places,” a spokesperson said.
“The sun is strong enough to cause damage here in Ireland.”
Hats, clothing, sunglasses and staying in the shade are recommended.
Adults should wear sun cream that is at least SPF 30 and children should wear factor 50.