Those struggling to stay in the house at this stage of lockdown will be aided by wet weather over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Met Eireann are forecasting a changeable weekend with a dry Saturday, very wet Sunday and then a change to dry but cool conditions on Monday.
It will be a rainy lead-up to the weekend with some cold nights also forecast for most of the country.
Saturday will be the nicest day of the first weekend of summer but Sunday will be a day to stay inside.
Monday
A Met Eireann forecaster said: "Mostly dry with just a few scattered showers, mainly in the north, cloud increasing during the day from the south. Highs of 12 to 15 degrees Celsius, in light variable breezes. Rain spreading from the southwest overnight with minimum temperatures of 3 to 7 Celsius.
Sunday
"A wetter day on Sunday as cloud and rain, heavy at times, pushes into the Southeast early on Sunday morning and crosses the country during the course of the day.
"Highs of 11 to 15 degrees in moderate to fresh Southerly winds. Rain clearing the east coast overnight Sunday leaving mostly clear skies and just isolated showers along the west coast. Lows of 7 to 10 degrees."
Monday
The forecaster added: "Current indications are for high pressure to build from Monday bringing settled and dry weather for the start of next week.
"Any rain should clear the Northwest early on Monday morning bringing a dry day with some sunny spells in a light to variable Northeasterly breeze. Highest daytime temperatures of between 11 to 12 degrees, and lowest night time temperatures of between 4 to 9 Celsius."
