WEATHER: Scattered showers early today (March 25) but hazy sunshine on the way in Carlow

Scattered showers will gradually clear away this morning as hazy sunshine develops across the country, according to Met Éireann.

Cloud will continue to build during the afternoon with patchy rain or drizzle moving into southern counties. Highest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees with moderate westerly winds gradually easing.

It will reach 13C around 12 noon in Carlow and stay that way until 4pm. 

It will drop slightly overnight, with lowest temperatures of 6C around 8am on Sunday morning. 

For tonight it will stay mainly dry and calm over the northern half of the country but cloud will continue to thicken in the south with outbreaks of rain and drizzle spreading over Munster and south Leinster.

Winds will be mainly light and it will be a rather cool night too with lows of 2 to 5 degrees.

It will be a cloudy start to Sunday with a few showers in a cool northerly breeze. The showers will gradually clear away during the afternoon with some sunny spells developing. Highest temperatures ranging from 6 to 8 degrees in the north but a milder 11 to 13 degrees in the south.