A metereologist from Monaghan says the good weather is expected to continue next week.
Temperatures hit up to 21 degrees in the Northern Sound region today, and the sunny spells are expected to linger over the weekend.
Carrickmacross native Gerry Murphy is a metereologist with Met Éireann and is a weather presenter at RTÉ.
He says the weather is looking promising well into next week, too: