A blast of warm weather is to arrive on Friday which will make Ireland hotter than the Costa del Sol in Spain.
Met Eireann is forecasting warm days with glorious sunshine on Good Friday and Easter Saturday.
Parts of Ireland are to bask in temperatures of up to 21C making it warmer than Marbella in the south of Spain - which is to see highs of just 18C over the bank holiday weekend.
A Met Eireann spokesperson said: "Good Friday will be dry and warm with long spells of, at times hazy, spring sunshine.
"Top temperatures 17 to 21 degrees, but a few degrees cooler in the coastal fringes of the east and south. Light winds and sea breezes.
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"Dry overnight with thickening cloud in the west and northwest. Lowest temperatures 6 to 10 degrees. A few patches of mist will form in the light, variable breezes."
It will be a misty start to Saturday, but the morning fog is expected to clear to make way for another warm and dry day.
Ulster and Connacht are to experience a more cloudy day, with light rain falling in the evening.
A spokesperson said: "Saturday will be another warm and mostly dry day with any early mist soon clearing.
"Long spells of hazy spring sunshine look likely to prevail through much of Leinster and Munster.
"Thicker cloud in Ulster and Connacht though, will produce some patchy rain or drizzle there by the end of the day.
"Top temperatures of 16 to 21 degrees, but a few degrees cooler under the cloud in parts of west and northwest.
"Light winds. Variable cloud amounts with patchy light rain, drizzle and mist extending southeastwards over the country, but occasional clear intervals occurring also.
"Lows of 5 to 8 degrees in the west and north, 9 to 11 degrees further south and east. Light northwest or variable breezes."
However, the weather will take a turn for the worst on Sunday and Monday as temperatures drop and longer spells of rain hit.
Meanwhile, Thursday is to be relatively warm with temperatures of up to 19C.
A Met Eireann forecaster said: "Thursday will be dry, with sunny intervals developing.
"Warmer than Wednesday, especially in the western half of the country, but cooler in eastern and southern coastal areas.
"Maximum temperatures 13 to 19 Celsius, in light to moderate, east to southeast winds."
