The recent brilliant sunshine is over, at least for the next few days, according to Met Eireann.
"There is no great weather ahead. It's on the way down," said a spokesman. "There is no sign of the heatwave returning. It has gone, at least for the moment. It will be average July weather."
The weather deteriorated yesterday with falling temperatures and a band of rain passing through the country. Celsius in the south-east. Last weekend had seen temperatures exceeded the mid-twenties, particularly in the midlands. These would now be pegged back to around 16C to 19C.
Today will be cloudy with some sunshine in during the morning. There will be increasing cloud, especially in the west, spreading to the east and midlands in the afternoon. Some showers will be heavy.
It will be breezy and showery on Thursday, but pleasant at times, with temperatures in the high teens. Friday will be milder and warmer with sunny spells, and it will be humid and cloudy at the weekend.
Mr Francis Brennan, proprietor of the Park Hotel, Kenmare, Co Kerry, is not sorry the heatwave is over. "Kenmare is on the sea," he said, "but the nearest beach is 37 miles away and that's where people have gone."
After two wet summers, Mr Brennan says, the summer market has collapsed in Kerry.
"Aer Lingus are telling me they cannot believe the loads they are getting on the London routes this summer. It's Irish people, who cannot get direct flights, booking sun holidays out of London."
A spokeswoman for Knockranny House Hotel in Westport, Co Mayo, is a fan of the good weather.
"Business increases here dramatically, up 25 per cent I would guess, lots of continentals and people from Northern Ireland. Westport prays for fine weather," she said.
Some early rain will be welcomed by the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board. It reported that a weekend fish kill in the Maigue near Charleville, Co Cork, was probably caused by the high temperatures. It led to low oxygen levels which caused the deaths of hundreds of fish.