We're not gonna' lie, we've been fearin' that the good weather had come and gone and we were reluctantly getting ready to wrap up for a long, long winter, but thankfully that's not to be.
Luckily, you probably still have a good base of tan from the last rare prolonged bout of sunshine, so get the suncream stocked up before the rays return.
Met Eireann is predicting good weather to make a return this weekend and following Storm Hector's gusty interruption, we're welcoming the news.
Their national outlooks predicts next weekend to be dry and fine with warm sunny weather. Inland temperatures are likely to get well into the twenties; fresher near coasts due to sea breezes.
"...well into the twenties" sounds good to us. We're finding the bamly eighteen degrees a bit chilly, to be honest....
Get a more detailed forecast here.