Met Éireann has said Friday will start off cloudy, but will gradually brighten up, with sunny spells and scattered showers developing. There will be highest temperatures of 18°C to 22°C.

Saturday

Saturday will begin generally dry, Met Éireann has said, with sunny spells and scattered showers.

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A band of rain will begin to slowly spread from the southwest later on, turning heavy. There will be highest temperatures of 17°C to 21°C.

Sunday

Met Éireann has said there will be spells of sunshine on Sunday, but there will also be isolated and heavy, possibly thundery showers. There will be highest temperatures of 17°C to 21°C.

Management notes

Tillage

In the tillage notes this week, Siobhán Walsh looks at harvest, issues with take-all, catch crops and spring crop management.

Sheep

This week, Darren Carty talks about faecal egg counts for dung samples and the approved labs for testing samples, quarantine protocol for purchased sheep and tagging lambs in this week's sheep management notes.

Beef

Grass growth, bloat issues and rushes are on the agenda this week in Adam Wood’s beef management notes.

Dairy

This week's dairy management notes from Aidan Brennan look at rainfall across the country, breeding season and crude protein content in the diet.