Dig out the sunscreen.

While the weather this week will be a mixed bag of spring sunshine and showers, we can at least look forward to some better conditions over the May bank holiday weekend.

Met Eireann forecasters say that the ‘cool regime’ of the past few days will eventually give way to warmer temperatures of up to 19C this weekend.

‘A warm front will move up over Ireland on Thursday bringing in milder weather for the rest of the week and over the weekend.’ the national forecaster reports.

‘Temperatures will in the mid teens, and into the high teens in sunny areas.’

You’ll find us devouring seafood by ocean in Courtmacsherry, or sipping coffee in the garden at Tom Barry’s.