Between Wednesday and Friday, Met Éireann issued three separate weather warnings, with parts of the country experiencing as much as 50mm of rain.

However, according to the weather service, this weekend will see a return to more settled conditions and some high pressure building into early next week.

Rain over the western half of the country will be persistent on Friday, with some of it thundery and heavy. Further east, it will be much drier, but there is a risk of some scattered and isolated showers.

It will be reasonably cold too, with temperatures of just 14°C to 17°C.

The rain will clear on Friday night, leaving Saturday to start much drier and brighter.

In general, Saturday will be a good day with plenty of sunny spells. It will be warmer than Friday, with temperatures closer to the norm for the time of year. The mercury is expected to hit 19°C in most places. It looks like Bono and the crew are bringing better weather.

Moving on to Sunday, it will be a mostly dry day, but there is a risk of the odd isolated shower too. Temperatures will also continue to improve and should reach 18°C to 21°C. Sunday night will be mostly dry too.

Looking to the early stages of next week, it would appear that high pressure will continue to build on Monday and Tuesday, but there is a greater chance of unsettled weather from Wednesday onwards.

Management notes

Beef

In his management notes this week, Adam Woods offers advice for dealing with rushes for the Basic Payment Scheme, fertiliser applications to get grass moving and how much you should be paying for feed.

Sheep

For sheep management, Darren Carty has tips on blowfly strike given the recent very humid and muggy conditions. He also looks at lambs that are killing out badly.

Tillage

Meanwhile, Andy Doyle has the latest on the harvest.

Dairy

Finally, Aidan Brennan says now is the time to take the bull from the cows and what farmers should be looking at with the milk June milk cheques.