The weather forecast is looking good for the Bank Holiday weekend

It's rotten at the moment and we're all dreaming of our sun holiday, but the weather is set to fulfil those dreams with the forecast predicting 20 degrees this Good Friday!

The forecaster is predicting dry and sunny weather across the long weekend.

Check out the national forecast for the coming days:

Wednesday: Dry with good spells of sunshine. Temperatures are expected to reach 15 or 16 degrees over the Midlands and in the west. It will be cooler along the Leinster, east-Ulster and south-Munster coast.

Thursday: Dry and sunny. Highest temperatures of 17 or 18 degrees. Southeast winds.

Friday: Dry and sunny with highs of 16 to 20 degrees.

Easter: Saturday, Sunday still very good, but rain likely on Monday.