There’s no shortage of entertainment around the country for the bank holiday weekend, but the weather may not hold any promise of summer for those planning to spend time outdoors.
Met Éireann forecasts dry weather in the east of the country for most of tomorrow, with some spells of sunshine.
In Munster and Connacht there will be rain during the morning and afternoon. This rain will slowly move eastwards across the country and will start to affect the east of the country late tomorrow. Highest temperatures will be 18 to 22 degrees.
There will be widespread, heavy and persistent rain in the east tomorrow night, with a risk of some thundery downpours. The heavy rain will gradually clear the east of the country during Sunday morning and will give way to more showery outbreaks of rain as well as some sunny spells.
It will be cooler on Sunday with highest temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees in northwesterly breezes. Rain will once again move in off the Atlantic on Sunday night and spread across the country on Monday morning.
In the capital, the Dublin Maritime Festival takes place throughout the weekend on the quays both north and south of the Liffey.
The Jeanie Johnston will be among the tall ships on view and there will also be street theatre, music and the city's biggest open-air market, with crafts, clothing, jewellery, paintings, flowers and plants, and gourmet food.
Tomorrow some 75,000 will be at Croke Park for a sell-out gig by Westlife. Motorists should expect heavy traffic in the area before and afterwards.
More than 40,000 participants will run the Women's Flora Mini-Marathon in Dublin on Monday. An estimated €14 million was raised for charities last year, bringing the total raised since the event began in 1983 to more than €100 million.
In Kilkenny, the annual Cat Laughs comedy festival continues until Monday, with favourites Ardal O’Hanlon, Barry Murphy, Andrew Maxwell and Dom Irrera among the acts performing.
About 50,000 people are expected to visit the Galway Powerboat Racing festival, which continues until June 12th.
On Monday, up to 10,000 people are expected to take part in the Cork City Marathon, which aims to raise more than €3 million for charities including the Irish Cancer Society.
The Bandon Music Festival continues throughout the weekend, with performances from Jack L and local band Fred, amongst others.
In Kerry, the Listowel Writers’ Week, a highlight of the literary year for many, continues until Sunday. Guests include Joseph O’Connor, Lynn Barber and children’s author Darren Shan.
The Blue Jean Country Queen festival takes place in Athboy, Co Meath, throughout the weekend. And in Donegal, the Blue Stack Shoes festival in Frosses will raise money for Temple Street Children’s Hospital.
In Mayo, the Comórtas Peil na Gaeltachta weekend Gaelic football continues in Belmullet until Monday. Teams from Gaeltacht areas all over the country will take part.
In Monaghan, the Carrickmacross Festival takes place from today until Monday. A number of events will take place on the Main St throughout the weekend and traffic restrictions will be in place.
On the sporting front, there are a number of major GAA fixtures throughout the weekend, including the Leinster senior football championship quarter final between Louth and Kildare at Páirc Tailteann at 7pm on Saturday.
The Irish Rugby team will play the Barbarians at Thomond Park in Limerick tonight at 7.45pm.
On the traffic front, motorists heading towards Cavan this weekend should note the opening of the new M3 motorway, which bypasses Clonee, Dunshaughlin, Navan and Kells. The road is tolled at Clonee and Kells.