TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE country could reach 17 degrees on Thursday as part of a mostly dry week. 

Met Éireann says that both today and tomorrow will be mostly dry and bright with temperatures of between 11 to 15 degrees.

There will be some showers throughout today, beginning in the west and north before moving to all areas throughout the after noon and dying out.

Things will begin to get warmer throughout Wednesday with temperatures touching 16 degrees in places before reaching 17 degrees on Thursday. 

“Thursday will be quite warm and will be dry over much of the country with the best of sunny spells in Leinster and Ulster,” the forecaster says.

“Showery rain will develop in the southwest and spread over Munster and Connacht later in the day and then over the rest of the country on Thursday night.”

Despite the dry day on Thursday, the weather will turn on Friday and will be mostly cloudy with rain and showers. Saturday is to be “mostly cloudy with a fair amount of dry weather”.

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