Hopes of an Indian summer can be packed away with the sandals and suncream as another week of inclement weather is on the way.
The floods created by Friday and Saturday's rain may be receding, but more rain is on the way on Wednesday when the remnants of hurricane Hanna will hit Ireland.
"There's not much joy on the way," said Met Éireann meteorologist Vincent O'Shea. "It's going to be a very unsettled week."
He said yesterday's pleasant weather was a brief interlude between two bad weather systems. This morning will have a dry and sunny start, but rain will develop along the southwest and spread countrywide later today.
There will be more sunshine and scattered showers tomorrow before things take a turn for the worse on Wednesday afternoon when hurricane Hanna makes landfall.
Met Éireann is predicting 30-50mm of rain, coupled with strong winds. Mr O'Shea said the west and north of the country would fare worst, but everywhere would be affected. He said the floods of recent days were likely to be repeated.
Mr O'Shea said an Indian summer could not be ruled out, but there was no sign of any improvement up to next weekend.
Dublin, Wicklow and east Ulster were worst affected by flooding on Friday and Saturday when more than 40mm of rain fell in some places.
The school at the Russian Orthodox Church in Harold's Cross, Dublin will remain closed for up to two weeks, following severe flooding on Friday.
The school provides weekend and evening classes to about 70 children on Russian history, language, culture and religion. Fr Michael Gogoleff said the fire brigade had pumped 350,000 litres of water from the building.
A host of sporting and other events were cancelled on Saturday. Racing in Leopardstown was postponed until yesterday as well as a number of local sporting events in the Leinster region.
A number of Irish Ferries and Stena Line sailings were cancelled, with fast ferries being replaced by cruise ferries. Sailings were back on schedule yesterday.
Some 40mm of rain fell on the greater Dublin area between 6am and 6pm on Friday, causing flooding on many roads, the Grand Canal burst its banks at Kilmainham and Bluebell, Ballysmutton Bridge near Blessington collapsed and the river Dodder overflowed in Milltown, Dublin.
