Friday
It will be cold, with some frost and ice in places on Friday morning, especially in the west and north, according to Met Éireann.
There will be cloud and rain in parts of Munster and south Leinster, but this will clear through the morning, with mostly dry and sunny conditions following.
There'll just be a few isolated showers in the north and west. Highest temperatures of 3°C to 7°C, with mainly light to moderate northerly winds, fresh for a time in the south and east, but gradually easing light to moderate.
Friday night will be mainly dry, very cold and frosty, with some icy patches. There's just the chance of a few isolated showers in northern and northwestern coastal parts early on.
While it'll be mostly clear for a time, some higher cloud will start to build from the Atlantic overnight. Lowest temperatures of -4°C to 1°C in mostly light variable breezes.
Saturday
It'll be a frosty start, with some icy patches on Saturday morning. Dry for a time, with some spells of sunshine, the best of these further east.
It'll become increasingly cloudy from the west through the day, with rain spreading northeastwards through the afternoon and evening, turning heavy in parts, with the chance of some sleet later in the day, especially over higher ground.
Met Éireann has said that it should stay mainly dry for much of the daylight hours in east Leinster and much of Ulster.
A cold day, with highest temperatures of just 3°C to 7°C generally, though a little less cold in the southwest and west. Winds will be mostly light southerly to begin, but will gradually increase fresh to strong and gusty south to southeasterly.
Saturday night will be wet and rather windy for a time, with spells of heavy rain and with some sleet and possibly a little snow for a time over higher ground in the north and east.
Lowest temperatures of 1°C to 5°C.
Sunday
Sunday will be a bright day, with sunshine and scattered showers, most widespread in the west and north, some heavy and with a chance of hail and maybe the odd isolated thunderstorm in coastal parts.
Highest temperatures of 7°C to 11°C and it'll be breezy enough with moderate to fresh and gusty westerly winds.
It'll become breezy or windy on Sunday night, especially further to the west and northwest, and there'll be a mix of clear spells and scattered showers, some heavy and of hail.
Lowest temperatures will between 2°C and 6°C.
Tillage management
The weather is stopping work at present, but drier spells look like they might be on the way, so it's important to be ready, Siobhan Walsh writes.
Beef management
Martin Merrick discusses what we will be covering in our special 10-week calf series, how current ground conditions are looking and safety at calving.
Dairy management
Grazing conditions are tough nationwide, with the worst conditions in the east of the country, writes Aidan Brennan.
Sheep management
This week, Darren Carty says that some scanning operators are reporting hill sheep in poorer condition, raising the importance of adequate supplementary feeding.
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