TODAY

St Patrick's Day will be a fresh day with sunshine and scattered heavy blustery showers.

Showers will mainly affect Atlantic counties through the morning. The odd wintry shower is possible early this morning, with the risk of hail and thunder.

The showers will become more widespread into the afternoon before becoming isolated later.

It will be generally dry with bright sunshine towards the end of the day.

Highest temperatures will range 7C to 9C  in fresh northwest winds, increasing strong and gusty at times in the west and southwest and especially around heavy showers.

TONIGHT

Overall dry tonight with long clear spells to begin.

Later in the night, drizzle will move in across Atlantic counties.

It will be rather cold, in light westerly breezes, with frost and possibly some icy stretches.

Lowest temperatures 1C to 5C, coldest across the eastern half of the country.

Information supplied by Met Éireann