It looks as though we’re in for a sun shiny weekend, despite today’s cloudy performance. Met Éireann predicts a "promising" bank holiday, with some guaranteed sunshine on Sunday and Monday.
The forecast for those travelling out of Dublin, however, is not so bright.
Traffic is heavy and building on all main routes out of the city at the moment, according to AA Road Watch spokeswoman, Ms Emma Caulfield.
The Drumcondra, Fairview and M50 routes are particularly dense this afternoon and pressure is expected to mount on the Galway, Cork and Limerick routes tomorrow. Another hot-spot to beware of is the N3 leading to Fairyhouse, where the postponed Easter festival has just kicked off.
Also Heuston station will close at 11 p.m. tonight until midday Monday for construction work to the railway bridge over Sarsfield Road between Heuston station and Inchicore.
The Sarsfield road, Dublin 10 will be closed from Con Colbert Road to Grattan Crescent as of midnight tonight until Monday at 12 noon.
The redevelopment work, which is being funded by the National Development Plan, will also see the number of platforms at Heuston station increase from five to ten.
Bus transfers will operate between Heuston and intermediate stations in Athy, Sallins and Newbridge, County Kildare to connect with intercity train services and Iarnrod Éireann has estimated that about 150,000 people will avail of its adjusted service over the bank holiday.
The DART service will also be affected from Saturday to Monday because of track renewal work between Howth and Howth junction. Iarnrod Éireann will supply a limited bus transfer system and has warned customers to expect delays.
The DART and Drogheda suburban services will run to a Sunday schedule on bank holiday Monday and no other suburban services will operate that day.
Meanwhile commuters within Dublin should be aware of traffic restrictions in the Smithfield area on Friday and Saturday to accommodate the Heineken Green Energy Festival.
There will be no access through Smithfield from 2.30 p.m. onwards tomorrow, except for residential and business traffic, according to the Garda. Traffic will not be allowed access North King Street between the junctions of Church Street and Queen Street either from 5.30 p.m. Saturday evening.