Ireland could be soon set experience a heatwave towards the end of the month as forecasters are predicting that temperatures will top 21c.
According to RSVP Live, both Ireland and the UK will see hotter than average weather as a warm front sweeps up from the south.
The paper states that Exacta Weather forecaster James Madden has stated that from 19th of April onwards drier and warmer weather will be expected.
In what will be a welcome change to the weather it is expected that the unusual warm spell with above average temperatures could last into the beginning of May.