Weather Ireland: Sun to shine down on weekend ahead – and Coldplay fans – as temperatures hit 22 degrees

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Coldplay fans have sunny skies and clear spells to look forward to as the band continues their string of sold-out dates in Croke Park, with Met Éireann forecasting highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees today.

It will be dry tonight with clear spells and some isolated patches of mist and fog, temperatures will sit at around 7 to 13 degrees before again climbing to between 18 to 22 degrees on Saturday.

Met Éireann expects a “pleasant, mainly dry day with plenty of sunshine”, though it will be cloudier along south and southeastern coasts later in the day with some isolated showers likely in the southeast towards nightfall and overnight.

It will become more changeable in the days that follow, with low pressure, showers and longer spells of rain becoming likely between dry, sunny spells.

Sunday will see more dry weather for a period, with most areas seeing bright, sunny spells though the east and south will see cloudier conditions with some light…