COOKING, MUSIC and sport are all on the menu this weekend, which will see a mixture of sunny weather and scattered showers.
The Taste of Dublin festival is running all weekend in Dublins Iveagh Gardens.
Restaurants and food producers will be showing off their skills in demonstrations, and samples and tapas-sized dishes from top chefs will be available to buy from stalls. Chefs appearing include Rachel Allen, Ross Lewis and Neven Maguire.
The Irish Film Institute is holding an open day tomorrow at which 15 films – from classic movies to new releases – will be shown free. Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis from the IFI at 11am.
Ash, Lisa Hannigan and Stereo MCs are among the headliners of this years Temple House Festival which kicked off yesterday and continues until tomorrow. Something Happens, Aslan, The Walls and Declan ORourke will also be performing at the event, which takes place in Ballymote, Co Sligo.
Two of the biggest names in classic rock will be at the O2 in Dublin this evening when Journey and Foreigner bring their anthems to town.
The Irish Chamber Music Festival takes place this weekend with performances from acts such as the Callino and Schumaan string quartets on at the Freemasons’ Hall in Molesworth Street. The KBC Music in Great Houses Festival gets under way tomorrow with a performance in the Baroque chapel at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, at 4pm.
In sport, the 10th Dún Laoghaire to Dingle race will set sail from Dún Laoghaire at 10am today.
In Dingle, the Connor Pass will be host to the Dingle Adventure Race, a 48km course of biking, hiking, running and kayaking. About 400 people are expected to participate.
It starts at 9am tomorrow, and traffic could be delayed in the area.
Up to 2,000 cyclists are expected to take part in the Wicklow 200 tomorrow. Motorists should expect delays along the route, which begins at Greystones before winding through the Glen of the Downs, Glencree, Sallygap, Hollywood, Rathdangan, Rathdrum, Avoca, Ashford, Newcastle and Kilcoole before returning to Greystones.
There are a number of big games this weekend in both the hurling and football senior championships.
In football, Leitrim take on Roscommon in the Connacht semi-final at 2pm tomorrow in Carrick-on-Shannon.
Louth and Carlow meet in the quarter-final of the Leinster competition at 3.30pm in Portlaoise, and Cavan and Donegal will also play their quarter-final at 3.30pm, in Kingspan Breffni Park.
In hurling, Armagh meet Down in the Ulster Championship semi-final in Casement Park from 3.30pm tomorrow, while Limerick play Waterford in the Munster semi-final at 4pm.
The unsettled weather is expected to continue, with sunny spells and scattered showers throughout the weekend.